Iron availability affects West Nile virus infection in its mosquito vector

BACKGROUND: Mosquitoes are responsible for transmission of viruses, including dengue, West Nile and chikungunya viruses. Female mosquitoes are infected when they blood-feed on vertebrates, a required step for oogenesis. During this process, mosquitoes encounter high iron loads. Since iron is an esse...

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Autores principales: Duchemin, Jean-Bernard, Paradkar, Prasad N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28583206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0770-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28583206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0770-0

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