Establishment of a Wolbachia Superinfection in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes as a Potential Approach for Future Resistance Management.

Wolbachia pipientis is an endosymbiotic bacterium estimated to chronically infect between 40-75% of all arthropod species. Aedes aegypti, the principle mosquito vector of dengue virus (DENV), is not a natural host of Wolbachia. The transinfection of Wolbachia strains such as wAlbB, wMel and wMelPop-...

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Main Authors: D Albert Joubert, Thomas Walker, Lauren B Carrington, Jyotika Taneja De Bruyne, Duong Hue T Kien, Nhat Le Thanh Hoang, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Cameron P Simmons, Scott L O'Neill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005434