A transcriptomic survey of the impact of environmental stress on response to dengue virus in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

• Main Authors: David S Kang (Author), Martin S Barron (Author), Diane D Lovin (Author), Joanne M Cunningham (Author), Matthew W Eng (Author), Dave D Chadee (Author), Jun Li (Author), David W Severson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Populations of Aedes aegypti naturally exhibit variable susceptibility to dengue viruses. This natural variation can be impacted by nutritional stress resulting from larval-stage crowding, indicating the influence of environment components on the adult mosquito immune response. In particular, larval...