Article
Pathogen blocking in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti is not affected by Zika and dengue virus co-infection
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CARAGATA, Eric Pearce et al. Pathogen blocking in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti is not affected by Zika and dengue virus co-infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, v. 13, n. 5, p. 1-26, 2019.
1935-2735
10.1371/journal.pntd.0007443
Autor
Caragata, Eric Pearce
Rocha, Marcele Neves
Pereira, Thiago Nunes
Mansur, Simone Brutman
Dutra, Heverton Leandro Carneiro
Moreira, Luciano Andrade
Resumen
Background: Wolbachia’s ability to restrict arbovirus transmission makes it a promising tool to combat mosquito-transmitted diseases. Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti are currently being released in locations such as Brazil, which regularly experience concurrent outbreaks of different arboviruses. A. aegypti can become co-infected with, and transmit multiple arboviruses with one bite, which can complicate patient diagnosis and treatment.
Methodology/principle findings: Using experimental oral infection of A. aegypti and then RT-qPCR, we examined ZIKV/DENV-1 and ZIKV/DENV-3 co-infection in Wolbachia-infected A. aegypti and observed that Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes experienced lower prevalence of infection and viral load than wildtype mosquitoes, even with an extra infecting virus. Critically, ZIKV/DENV co-infection had no significant impact on Wolbachia’s ability to reduce viral transmission. Wolbachia infection also strongly altered expression levels of key immune genes Defensin C and Transferrin 1, in a virus-dependent manner.
Conclusions/significance: 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.
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