Sathishkumar Vinayagam, Tulika Nirmolia, Sumi Chetry, Narendran Pradeep Kumar, Prasanta Saini, Dibya Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Ipsita Pal Bhowmick, Kamaraj Sattu, Saurav Jyoti Patgiri
Wolbachia , a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium, naturally infects many arthropods, including mosquito vectors responsible for the spread of arboviral diseases such as Zika, chikungunya, and dengue fever. Certain Wolbachia strains are involved in inhibiting arbovirus replication in mosquitoes, and this phenomenon is currently being studied to combat disease vectors. A study was conducted in four states in north-eastern India to investigate the presence of natural Wolbachia infection in wild-caught Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the established vectors of dengue...
2023: Journal of Tropical Medicine