mSystems (Jun 2021)

Juvenile Hormone-Sensitive Ribosomal Activity Enhances Viral Replication in Aedes aegypti

  • Zuo-Kun Shi,
  • Dan Wen,
  • Meng-Meng Chang,
  • Xiao-Mei Sun,
  • Yan-Hong Wang,
  • Chi-Hang Cheng,
  • Li-Qin Zhang,
  • Ai-Hua Zheng,
  • Zhen Zou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01190-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Most flaviviruses are transmitted between hosts by arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes. Since therapeutics or vaccines are lacking for most mosquito-borne diseases, reducing the mosquito vector competence is an effective way to decrease disease burden.