The effect of repeat feeding on dengue virus transmission potential in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti following extended egg quiescence.

• Main Authors: Meng-Jia Lau (Author), Andrés R Valdez (Author), Matthew J Jones (Author), Igor Aranson (Author), Ary A Hoffmann (Author), Elizabeth A McGraw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As Wolbachia pipientis is more widely being released into field populations of Aedes aegypti for disease control, the ability to select the appropriate strain for differing environments is increasingly important. A previous study revealed that longer-term quiescence in the egg phase reduced the fert...