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SUBMITTER: Dodson BL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4091933 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dodson Brittany L BL Hughes Grant L GL Paul Oluwatobi O Matacchiero Amy C AC Kramer Laura D LD Rasgon Jason L JL
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20140710 7
Novel strategies are required to control mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit. One attractive approach involves maternally inherited endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria. After artificial infection with Wolbachia, many mosquitoes become refractory to infection and transmission of diverse pathogens. We evaluated the effects of Wolbachia (wAlbB strain) on infection, dissemination and transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) in the naturally uninfected mosquito Culex tarsalis, which is an important ...[more]