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Comparative Study
. 1992 Dec;78(6):1092-5.

Further evidence that the genes controlling susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to filarial parasites function independently

A R Wattam  1 , B M Christensen
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  • PMID: 1491306
Comparative Study

Further evidence that the genes controlling susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to filarial parasites function independently

A R Wattam et al. J Parasitol. 1992 Dec.

Abstract

Comparisons were made of in vivo labeled polypeptides from Aedes aegypti strains refractory to either Brugia malayi or Dirofilaria immitis. There does not seem to be a generalized "anti-parasite" polypeptide response that mosquitoes refractory to filarial worm infection produce following bloodfeeding. Instead, it seems that any response produced by these mosquitoes is localized to the tissue in which the filarial parasite develops.

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