Wolbachia Can Enhance Plasmodium Infection in Mosquitoes: Implications for Malaria Control?

Grant L. Hughes; Ana Rivero; Jason L. Rasgon

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004182

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Wolbachia Can Enhance Plasmodium Infection in Mosquitoes: Implications for Malaria Control?

Grant L. Hughes,

Affiliation The Huck Institutes of The Life Sciences, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and the Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Ana Rivero,

Affiliation Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle, MIVEGEC (UMR CNRS-UM1-UM2 5290, IRD 224), Montpellier, France
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Jason L. Rasgon

* E-mail: jlr54@psu.edu

Affiliation The Huck Institutes of The Life Sciences, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and the Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Wolbachia Can Enhance Plasmodium Infection in Mosquitoes: Implications for Malaria Control?

Grant L. Hughes,
Ana Rivero,
Jason L. Rasgon

Published: September 4, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004182

About the Authors

Grant L. Hughes

Affiliation The Huck Institutes of The Life Sciences, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and the Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ana Rivero

Affiliation Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle, MIVEGEC (UMR CNRS-UM1-UM2 5290, IRD 224), Montpellier, France

Jason L. Rasgon

* E-mail: jlr54@psu.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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