Wolbachia-associated bacterial protection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

• Main Authors: Yixin H Ye (Author), Megan Woolfit (Author), Edwige Rancès (Author), Scott L O'Neill (Author), Elizabeth A McGraw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Wolbachia infections confer protection for their insect hosts against a range of pathogens including bacteria, viruses, nematodes and the malaria parasite. A single mechanism that might explain this broad-based pathogen protection is immune priming, in which the presence of the symbiont...