Dengue virus type 2 infections of Aedes aegypti are modulated by the mosquito's RNA interference pathway.

Dengue virus type 2 infections of Aedes aegypti are modulated by the mosquito's RNA interference pathway.

A number of studies have shown that both innate and adaptive immune defense mechanisms greatly influence the course of human dengue virus (DENV) infections, but little is known about the innate immune response of the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti to arbovirus infection. We present evidence here that...

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Main Authors: Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Jaclyn C Scott, B Katherine Poole-Smith, Alexander W E Franz, Valérie Barbosa-Solomieu, Jeffrey Wilusz, Ken E Olson, Carol D Blair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2633610?pdf=render

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