Pathogen blocking in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti is not affected by Zika and dengue virus co-infection.
Eric P CaragataMarcele N RochaThiago N PereiraSimone B MansurHeverton Leandro Carneiro DutraLuciano Andrade MoreiraPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)
Our results suggest that pathogen interference in Wolbachia-infected A. aegypti is not adversely affected by ZIKV/DENV co-infection, which suggests that Wolbachia-infected A. aegypti will likely prove suitable for controlling mosquito-borne diseases in environments with complex patterns of arbovirus transmission.