A Wolbachia wMel Transinfection in Aedes albopictus Is Not Detrimental to Host Fitness and Inhibits Chikungunya Virus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Blagrove, Marcus S C ^a   Arias Goeta, Camilo ^b   Di Genua, Cristina ^a   Failloux, Anna Bella ^b   Sinkins, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HATCHING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SURVIVAL; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84875998063     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002152     Document Type: Article

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