Wolbachia wAlbB inhibit dengue and Zika infection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with an Australian background
L. E. Hugo, G. Rasic, A. J. Maynard, L. Ambrose, C. Liddington, N. S. Nath, M. Graham, C. Winterford, B. M. C. R. Wimalasiri-Yapa, Z. Xi, N. W. Beebe, G. J. E. Devine
This paper demonstrates that the Wolbachia wAlbB2-F4 strain in Ae. aegypti mosquitoes effectively inhibits dengue and Zika virus infection while retaining the genetic background of Australian mosquitoes.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2022Microbiology