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SUBMITTER: Herren JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7198529 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200504 1
A possible malaria control approach involves the dissemination in mosquitoes of inherited symbiotic microbes to block Plasmodium transmission. However, in the Anopheles gambiae complex, the primary African vectors of malaria, there are limited reports of inherited symbionts that impair transmission. We show that a vertically transmitted microsporidian symbiont (Microsporidia MB) in the An. gambiae complex can impair Plasmodium transmission. Microsporidia MB is present at moderate prevalence in g ...[more]