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Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti
Transinfections of the maternally transmitted endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis can reduce RNA virus replication and prevent transmission by Aedes aegypti, and also have the capacity to invade wild‐type populations, potentially reaching and maintaining high infection frequencies. Levels of virus tran...
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31120156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mve.12384 |
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author | Chouin‐Carneiro, T. Ant, T. H. Herd, C. Louis, F. Failloux, A. B. Sinkins, S. P. |
author_facet | Chouin‐Carneiro, T. Ant, T. H. Herd, C. Louis, F. Failloux, A. B. Sinkins, S. P. |
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description | Transinfections of the maternally transmitted endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis can reduce RNA virus replication and prevent transmission by Aedes aegypti, and also have the capacity to invade wild‐type populations, potentially reaching and maintaining high infection frequencies. Levels of virus transmission blocking are positively correlated with Wolbachia intracellular density. Despite reaching high densities in Ae. aegypti, transinfections of wAlbA, a strain native to Aedes albopictus, showed no blocking of Semliki Forest Virus in previous intrathoracic injection challenges. To further characterize wAlbA blocking in Ae. aegypti, adult females were intrathoracically challenged with Zika (ZIKV) and dengue viruses, and then fed a ZIKV‐containing bloodmeal. No blocking was observed with either virus when challenged by intrathoracic injection. However, when ZIKV was delivered orally, wAlbA‐infected females showed a significant reduction in viral replication and dissemination compared with uninfected controls, as well as a complete absence of virus in saliva. Although other Wolbachia strains have been shown to cause more robust viral blocking in Ae. aegypti, these findings demonstrate that, in principle, wAlbA could be used to reduce virus transmission in this species. Moreover, the results highlight the potential for underestimation of the strength of virus‐blocking when based on intrathoracic injection compared with more natural oral challenges. |
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spelling | pubmed-70274422020-02-24 Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti Chouin‐Carneiro, T. Ant, T. H. Herd, C. Louis, F. Failloux, A. B. Sinkins, S. P. Med Vet Entomol Short Communications Transinfections of the maternally transmitted endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis can reduce RNA virus replication and prevent transmission by Aedes aegypti, and also have the capacity to invade wild‐type populations, potentially reaching and maintaining high infection frequencies. Levels of virus transmission blocking are positively correlated with Wolbachia intracellular density. Despite reaching high densities in Ae. aegypti, transinfections of wAlbA, a strain native to Aedes albopictus, showed no blocking of Semliki Forest Virus in previous intrathoracic injection challenges. To further characterize wAlbA blocking in Ae. aegypti, adult females were intrathoracically challenged with Zika (ZIKV) and dengue viruses, and then fed a ZIKV‐containing bloodmeal. No blocking was observed with either virus when challenged by intrathoracic injection. However, when ZIKV was delivered orally, wAlbA‐infected females showed a significant reduction in viral replication and dissemination compared with uninfected controls, as well as a complete absence of virus in saliva. Although other Wolbachia strains have been shown to cause more robust viral blocking in Ae. aegypti, these findings demonstrate that, in principle, wAlbA could be used to reduce virus transmission in this species. Moreover, the results highlight the potential for underestimation of the strength of virus‐blocking when based on intrathoracic injection compared with more natural oral challenges. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019-05-23 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7027442/ /pubmed/31120156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mve.12384 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Medical and Veterinary Entomology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Entomological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Communications Chouin‐Carneiro, T. Ant, T. H. Herd, C. Louis, F. Failloux, A. B. Sinkins, S. P. Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti |
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Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti
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title_full |
Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti
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title_fullStr |
Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti
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Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti
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Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti
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title_sort | wolbachia strain walba blocks zika virus transmission in aedes aegypti |
topic | Short Communications |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31120156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mve.12384 |
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