The wMel Strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Aedes aegypti.

• Main Authors: Matthew T Aliota (Author), Emma C Walker (Author), Alexander Uribe Yepes (Author), Ivan Dario Velez (Author), Bruce M Christensen (Author), Jorge E Osorio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:New approaches to preventing chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are needed because current methods are limited to controlling mosquito populations, and they have not prevented the invasion of this virus into new locales, nor have they been sufficient to control the virus upon arrival. A promising...