Fitness Impact and Stability of a Transgene Conferring Resistance to Dengue-2 Virus following Introgression into a Genetically Diverse Aedes aegypti Strain

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Franz, Alexander W E ^a   Sanchez Vargas, Irma ^b   Raban, Robyn R ^b   Black IV, William C ^b   James, Anthony A ^c   Olson, Ken E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC STABILITY; INTROGRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; AEDES; ANIMAL; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DENGUE VIRUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84901793586     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002833     Document Type: Article

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