First report of natural Wolbachia infection in wild Anopheles funestus population in Senegal

Abstract Background Until very recently, Anopheles were considered naturally unable to host Wolbachia, an intracellular bacterium regarded as a potential biological control tool. Their detection in field populations of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato, suggests that they may also be present in many more...

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Main Authors: El Hadji Amadou Niang, Hubert Bassene, Patrick Makoundou, Florence Fenollar, Mylène Weill, Oleg Mediannikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2559-z