Wolbachia wAlbB inhibit dengue and Zika infection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with an Australian background.

• Main Authors: Leon E Hugo (Author), Gordana Rašić (Author), Andrew J Maynard (Author), Luke Ambrose (Author), Catherine Liddington (Author), Callum J E Thomas (Author), Nisa Suraj Nath (Author), Melissa Graham (Author), Clay Winterford (Author), B M C Randika Wimalasiri-Yapa (Author), Zhiyong Xi (Author), Nigel W Beebe (Author), Gregor J Devine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Biological control of mosquito vectors using the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia is an emerging strategy for the management of human arboviral diseases. We recently described the development of a strain of Aedes aegypti infected with the Wolbachia strain wAlbB (referred to as the wAlbB2-F4 strain)...