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Cell H&M: Wolbachia Blocks Currently Circulating Zika Virus Isolates in Brazilian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

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[h=1]Wolbachia Blocks Currently Circulating Zika Virus Isolates in Brazilian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes[/h] Heverton Leandro Carneiro Dutra
, Marcele Neves Rocha
, Fernando Braga Stehling Dias
, Simone Brutman Mansur
, Eric Pearce Caragata
, Luciano Andrade Moreira
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Publication stage: In Press Corrected Proof
Open Access
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2016.04.021

Open access funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The mosquito Aedes aegypti, typically linked with dengue (Flaviviridae) (Kyle and Harris, 2008) and chikungunya (Togaviridae) (Morrison, 2014) transmission, is also associated with the alarming spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) (Flaviviridae), a previously obscure arbovirus that has recently gone global (Enserink, 2015). Since 2007, ZIKV infection has been reported in 39 countries worldwide (Mart?nez de Salazar et al., 2016), including Brazil, where infection was first linked to cases of microcephaly during a large outbreak in 2015 (Mlakar et al., 2016, Oliveira Melo et al., 2016). Combined with the implication of the virus in cases of the autoimmune disorder Guillain-Barr? syndrome (Araujo et al., 2016), ZIKV has ballooned into a public health crisis.

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http://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30157-3
 
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