Wolbachia infection reduces blood-feeding success in the dengue fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Andrew P Turley (Author), Luciano A Moreira (Author), Scott L O'Neill (Author), Elizabeth A McGraw (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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BACKGROUND: The mosquito Aedes aegypti was recently transinfected with a life-shortening strain of the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis (wMelPop) as the first step in developing a biocontrol strategy for dengue virus transmission. In addition to life-shortening, the wMelPop-infected mosquitoes also...