wMel limits zika and chikungunya virus infection in a Singapore Wolbachia-introgressed Ae. aegypti strain, wMel-Sg.

• Главные авторы: Cheong Huat Tan (Автор), PeiSze Jeslyn Wong (Автор), Meizhi Irene Li (Автор), HuiTing Yang (Автор), Lee Ching Ng (Автор), Scott Leslie O'Neill (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Zika (ZIKV) and Chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses are emerging Aedes-borne viruses that are spreading outside their known geographic range and causing wide-scale epidemics. It has been reported that these viruses can be transmitted efficiently by Ae. aegypti. Recent studies have shown that Ae....