Fake it to break it: mimicking superinfection exclusion disrupts alphavirus infection and transmission in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti
C. M. Reitmayer, E. Levitt, S. Basu, B. Atkinson, R. Fragkoudis, A. Merits, S. Lumley, W. Larner, A. V. Diaz, S. Rooney, C. J. E. Thomas, K. von Wyschetzki, K. Rausalu, L. Alphey
The paper demonstrates that mimicking superinfection exclusion in mosquitoes reduces alphavirus replication and transmission.
bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology