Artificial Selection Finds New Hypotheses for the Mechanism of Wolbachia-Mediated Dengue Blocking in Mosquitoes

Artificial Selection Finds New Hypotheses for the Mechanism of Wolbachia-Mediated Dengue Blocking in Mosquitoes

Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that blocks virus replication in insects and has been introduced into the mosquito, Aedes aegypti for the biocontrol of arboviruses including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. Despite ongoing research, the mechanism of Wolbachia-mediated virus blocking remains un...

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Main Authors: Suzanne A. Ford, Istvan Albert, Scott L. Allen, Stephen F. Chenoweth, Matthew Jones, Cassandra Koh, Aswathy Sebastian, Leah T. Sigle, Elizabeth A. McGraw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
disease control
Aedes aegypti
Wolbachia pipientis
genetic variation
evolution
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01456/full

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