Chromobacterium Csp_P reduces malaria and dengue infection in vector mosquitoes and has entomopathogenic and in vitro anti-pathogen activities.

Plasmodium and dengue virus, the causative agents of the two most devastating vector-borne diseases, malaria and dengue, are transmitted by the two most important mosquito vectors, Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti, respectively. Insect-bacteria associations have been shown to influence vector com...

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Main Authors: Jose Luis Ramirez, Sarah M Short, Ana C Bahia, Raul G Saraiva, Yuemei Dong, Seokyoung Kang, Abhai Tripathi, Godfree Mlambo, George Dimopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4207801?pdf=render