Replacing a native Wolbachia with a novel strain results in an increase in endosymbiont load and resistance to dengue virus in a mosquito vector.

Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium that is estimated to infect up to 65% of insect species. The ability of Wolbachia to both induce pathogen interference and spread into mosquito vector populations makes it possible to develop Wolbachia as a biological control agent for ve...

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Main Authors: Guowu Bian (Author), Guoli Zhou (Author), Peng Lu (Author), Zhiyong Xi (Author)
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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