Wolbachia Infection Reduces Blood-Feeding Success in the Dengue Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

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...

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Autores principales: Turley, Andrew P., Moreira, Luciano A., O'Neill, Scott L., McGraw, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000516

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000516

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