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transovarial transmission

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transovarial transmission
[-ōver′ē·əl]
Etymology: L, trans + ovum, egg
the transfer of pathogens to succeeding generations through invasion of the ovary and infection of the eggs, such as occurs in arthropods, primarily ticks and mites.


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thermophilus Kenk and Wilson 1985, transovarial transmission mechanism in the symbiont may operate in these vent mussels (Cary & Giovannoni 1993).
Absence of cospeciation between deep-sea mytilids and their ... by Won, Yong-Jin; Jones, William J.; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Ultrastructural and genetic evidence of a reptilian tick, Aponomma hydrosauri, as a host of Rickettsia honei in Australia: possible transovarial transmission.
Rickettsia sp. in Ixodes granulatus ticks, Japan by Fujita, Hiromi; Kadosaka, Teruki; Nitta, Yoshiki; Ando, Shuji; Takano, Ai; Watanabe, Haruo; Kawabata / Emerging Infectious Diseases
One explanation might be that transovarial transmission may occur for a limited number of passages and that Rh.
Questions on Mediterranean spotted fever a century after its discovery by Rovery, Clarisse; Brouqui, Philippe; Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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