Regulation of midgut cell proliferation impacts Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue virus.

• Main Authors: Mabel L Taracena (Author), Vanessa Bottino-Rojas (Author), Octavio A C Talyuli (Author), Ana Beatriz Walter-Nuno (Author), José Henrique M Oliveira (Author), Yesseinia I Angleró-Rodriguez (Author), Michael B Wells (Author), George Dimopoulos (Author), Pedro L Oliveira (Author), Gabriela O Paiva-Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aedes aegypti is the vector of some of the most important vector-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever, affecting millions of people worldwide. The cellular processes that follow a blood meal in the mosquito midgut are directly associated with pathogen transmission. We studi...