The native Wolbachia symbionts limit transmission of dengue virus in Aedes albopictus.

• Main Authors: Laurence Mousson (Author), Karima Zouache (Author), Camilo Arias-Goeta (Author), Vincent Raquin (Author), Patrick Mavingui (Author), Anna-Bella Failloux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak that struck La Reunion Island in 2005 was preceded by few human cases of Dengue (DEN), but which surprisingly did not lead to an epidemic as might have been expected in a non-immune population. Both arboviral diseases are transmitted to humans by two main mosquito spe...