Transcriptomic Profiling of Diverse Aedes aegypti Strains Reveals Increased Basal-level Immune Activation in Dengue Virus-refractory Populations and Identifies Novel Virus-vector Molecular Interactions

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Sim, Shuzhen ^a,d   Jupatanakul, Natapong ^a   Ramirez, José L ^a,e   Kang, Seokyoung ^a   Romero Vivas, Claudia M ^b   Mohammed, Hamish ^c,f   Dimopoulos, George ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PESTIVIRUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84880785050     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002295     Document Type: Article

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