Wolbachia effects on Rift Valley fever virus infection in Culex tarsalis mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Brittany L Dodson (Author), Elizabeth S Andrews (Author), Michael J Turell (Author), Jason L Rasgon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Innovative tools are needed to alleviate the burden of mosquito-borne diseases, and strategies that target the pathogen are being considered. A possible tactic is the use of Wolbachia, a maternally inherited, endosymbiotic bacterium that can (but does not always) suppress diverse pathogens when intr...