Name: Lipids and Pathogen Blocking by Wolbachia
Creator: Frentiu, Francesca
Keywords: 0301 basic medicine, 0303 health sciences, Zika Virus Infection, cholesterol, pathogen blocking, Mosquito Vectors, Zika Virus, Dengue Virus, Lipids, Dengue virus

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2017 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Parasitology, volume 33, pages 916-917 (issn: 1471-4922,

Authors: Frentiu, Francesca;

doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.10.007

pmid: 29122518

Lipids and Pathogen Blocking by Wolbachia

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Abstract

Mosquito-borne viruses are major human pathogens. Introducing Wolbachia into mosquitoes could reduce disease burdens because these bacteria block virus transmission. How Wolbachia does this is unclear, but new data show that modulation of host-cell lipids is critical.

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Zika Virus Infection, cholesterol, pathogen blocking, Mosquito Vectors, Zika Virus, Dengue Virus, Lipids, Dengue virus, Zika virus, Dengue, Aedes, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Animals, Microbial Interactions, biocontrol, mosquito vector, Wolbachia

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