Wolbachia strain wAu efficiently blocks arbovirus transmission in Aedes albopictus.

• Main Authors: Maria Vittoria Mancini (Author), Christie S Herd (Author), Thomas H Ant (Author), Shivan M Murdochy (Author), Steven P Sinkins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The global incidence of arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, including dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika, has increased dramatically in recent decades. The release of Aedes aegypti carrying the maternally inherited symbiont Wolbachia as an intervention to control arboviruses...