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Charles B. Beard,* Ravi V. Durvasula,† and Frank F. Richards†
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and †Yale
University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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| Back to article Figure 1. A triatomine bug vector of Chagas disease in the process of feeding. The fecal droplet contains infective trypanosomes and bacterial symbionts. (Photographs courtesy of Robert B. Tesh). |
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| Back to article Figure 2. Shuttle plasmid for genetic transformation of Rhodococcus rhodnii. |
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| Back to article Figure 3. Symbionts can be genetically altered and used to replace native symbionts, resulting in insects that can no longer transmit disease. (Illustration courtesy of Mark Q. Benedict). |
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| Back to article Figure 4. The tsetse secondary symbiont GP01 growing intracellularly and extracellularly in culture. |
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| Back to article Figure 5. Wolbachia-like organisms in insect reproductive tissues |
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| Back to article Figure 6. Wolbachia-mediated cytoplasmic incompatibility. |
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