Determinants of Arbovirus Vertical Transmission in Mosquitoes.

Vertical transmission (VT) and horizontal transmission (HT) of pathogens refer to parental and non-parental chains of host-to-host transmission. Combining HT with VT enlarges considerably the range of ecological conditions in which a pathogen can persist, but the factors governing the relative frequ...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Lequime, Richard E Paul, Louis Lambrechts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4865232?pdf=render