Wolbachia Reduces the Transmission Potential of Dengue-Infected Aedes aegypti.

• Main Authors: Yixin H Ye (Author), Alison M Carrasco (Author), Francesca D Frentiu (Author), Stephen F Chenoweth (Author), Nigel W Beebe (Author), Andrew F van den Hurk (Author), Cameron P Simmons (Author), Scott L O'Neill (Author), Elizabeth A McGraw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Dengue viruses (DENV) are the causative agents of dengue, the world's most prevalent arthropod-borne disease with around 40% of the world's population at risk of infection annually. Wolbachia pipientis, an obligate intracellular bacterium, is being developed as a biocontrol stra...