The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia induces resistance to dengue virus in Aedes aegypti

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Bian, Guowu ^a   Xu, Yao ^a   Lu, Peng ^a   Xie, Yan ^a   Xi, Zhiyong ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; GENOMIC RNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; HEAD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THORAX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DENGUE VIRUS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77954055576     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000833     Document Type: Article

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