Modeling the impact on virus transmission of Wolbachia -mediated blocking of dengue virus infection of Aedes aegypti

Ferguson NM., Hue Kien DT., Clapham H., Aguas R., Trung VT., Bich Chau TN., Popovici J., Ryan PA., O’Neill SL., McGraw EA., Long VT., Dui LT., Nguyen HL., Vinh Chau NV., Wills B., Simmons CP.

Experimental work and modeling studies reveal that Aedes aegypti infected with the Wolbachia bacterium have reduced vector competence for the transmission of dengue viruses.

DOI

10.1126/scitranslmed.3010370

Type

Journal article

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Publication Date

2015-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

7

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