Implications of successive blood feeding on Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Rebecca M. Johnson, Mallery I. Breban, Braiya L. Nolan, Afeez K. Sodeinde, Isabel M. Ott, Perran A. Ross, Xinyue Gu, Nathan D. Grubaugh, T. Alex Perkins, Doug E. Brackney, Chantal B. F. Vogels
This study examines how successive blood feeding affects DENV-2 dissemination and survival in Ae. aegypti mosquitoes with and without Wolbachia, finding that Wolbachia strongly inhibits virus transmission despite frequent feeding.
Nature Communications · Jul 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology