Wolbachia Bacteria of Filarial Nematodes

BIOLOGY OF WOLBACHIA

1997 • 1,543 citations

An innate sense of danger

1998 • 752 citations

Influential passengers: inherited microorganisms and arthropod reproduction

1998 • 622 citations

Phylogeny of Wolbachia in filarial nematodes

1998 • 578 citations

Wolbachia , normally a symbiont of Drosophila , can be virulent, causing degeneration and early death

1997 • 556 citations

Tetracycline therapy targets intracellular bacteria in the filarial nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis and results in filarial infertility

1999 • 338 citations

Molecular evidence for a close relative of the arthropod endosymbiont Wolbachia in a filarial worm

1995 • 244 citations

Effects of tetracycline on the filarial worms Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis and their bacterial endosymbionts Wolbachiafn1fn1Note: Nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are available in the embl, GeneBankTM and DDJB databases under accession number AJ012646.

1999 • 244 citations

The Wellcome Trust Lecture: Infection and disease in lymphatic filariasis: an immunological perspective

1992 • 182 citations

Micro-organisms in filarial larvae (Nematoda)

1975 • 149 citations

Intracytoplasmic Bacteria in Onchocerca Volvulus *

1977 • 126 citations

Transovarially-Transmitted Intracellular Microorganisms in Adult and Larval Stages of Brugia malayi

1977 • 125 citations

16S rDNA Phylogeny and Ultrastructural Characterization ofWolbachiaIntracellular Bacteria of the Filarial NematodesBrugia malayi,B. pahangi, andWuchereria bancrofti

1999 • 109 citations

Susceptibility ofBrugia malayiandOnchocerca lienalismicrofilariae to nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide in cell-free culture and from IFNγ-activated macrophages

1996 • 100 citations

Prophylactic Activity of Tetracycline against Brugia pahangi Infection in Jirds (Meriones unguiculatus)

1993 • 95 citations

Wolbachiaas a possible means of driving genes into populations

1998 • 92 citations

A comparison of the Og4C3 antigen capture ELISA, the Knott test, an IgG4 assay and clinical signs, in the diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis.

1993 • 81 citations

Immune Dynamics in the Pathogenesis of Human Lymphatic Filariasis

1998 • 72 citations

Wolbachiaand the antifilarial properties of tetracycline. An untold story

1999 • 62 citations

Gene structure, activity and localization of a catalase from intracellular bacteria in Onchocerca volvulus1Note: Nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are available in the EMBL, GenBank and DDJB databases under the accession numbers X82176, AF069070 and AF069069.1

1998 • 62 citations

Preliminary results on the effect of tetracycline on the embryogenesis and symbiotic bacteria (Wolbachia) of Dirofilaria immitis. An update and discussion.

1998 • 53 citations

Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor in the Pathogenesis of Adverse Reactions after Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis

1994 • 47 citations

Light and electron microscopy studies onOnchocerca jakutensis andO. flexuosa of red deer show different host-parasite interactions

1995 • 45 citations

The role of eosinophils and neutrophils in helminth-induced keratitis.

1998 • 44 citations

Neutrophil granule proteins: evidence for the participation in the host reaction to skin microfilariae ofOnchocerca volvulusafter diethylcarbamazine administration

1996 • 44 citations

Brugia malayi: Differential Susceptibility to and Metabolism of Hydrogen-Peroxide in Adults and Microfilariae

1995 • 43 citations

Abnormal Lymphatic Function in Presymptomatic Bancroftian Filariasis

1995 • 40 citations

A Comparison of the Body Wall Ultrastructure of Brugia pahangi with that of Brugia malayi

1975 • 39 citations

Detection of a chemotactic factor for neutrophils in extracts of female Onchocerca volvulus

1998 • 27 citations

Experimental onchocercal keratitis

1996 • 26 citations

Ultrastructure of Mansonella ozzardi microfilaria, with a comparison of the South American (simuliid-transmitted) and the Caribbean (culicoid-transmitted) forms.

1983 • 25 citations

Electron microscope study of the body wall and the gut of adultLoa loa

1984 • 24 citations

Electron microscope observations on Onchocerca ochengi and O. fasciata (Nematoda: Filarioidea)

1997 • 22 citations

The fine structure of adult Onchocerca volvulus IV. The hypodermal chords of the female worm.

1983 • 20 citations

Haemaphysalis (Allophysalis) danieli, sp. n. (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae), Female and Tentatively Associated Immature Stages from High Mountains of Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan

1977 • 17 citations

Fine structure of adultLitomosoides carinii (Nematoda: Filarioidea)

1986 • 13 citations

The fine structure of male and female Onchocerca gibsoni.

1988 • 9 citations