Suppression of the pelo protein by Wolbachia and its effect on dengue virus in Aedes aegypti.

The endosymbiont Wolbachia is known to block replication of several important arboviruses, including dengue virus (DENV), in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. So far, the exact mechanism of this viral inhibition is not fully understood. A recent study in Drosophila melanogaster has demonstrated an...

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Main Authors: Sultan Asad, Mazhar Hussain, Leon Hugo, Solomon Osei-Amo, Guangmei Zhang, Daniel Watterson, Sassan Asgari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5912784?pdf=render