Limited dengue virus replication in field-collected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia.

• Main Authors: Francesca D Frentiu (Author), Tasnim Zakir (Author), Thomas Walker (Author), Jean Popovici (Author), Alyssa T Pyke (Author), Andrew van den Hurk (Author), Elizabeth A McGraw (Author), Scott L O'Neill (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Dengue is one of the most widespread mosquito-borne diseases in the world. The causative agent, dengue virus (DENV), is primarily transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, a species that has proved difficult to control using conventional methods. The discovery that A. aegypti transinf...