2019
Colonization of the tsetse fly midgut with commensal Kosakonia cowanii Zambiae inhibits trypanosome infection establishment
Weiss BL, Maltz MA, Vigneron A, Wu Y, Walter KS, O’Neill M, Wang J, Aksoy S. Colonization of the tsetse fly midgut with commensal Kosakonia cowanii Zambiae inhibits trypanosome infection establishment. PLOS Pathogens 2019, 15: e1007470. PMID: 30817773, PMCID: PMC6394900, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRefractory phenotypeEnormous socio-economic burdenWild-type counterpartsInfection establishmentSocio-economic burdenMidgut environmentEntomopathogenic Serratia marcescensEndemic regionsPathogenic trypanosomesInfectionStable infectionAdverse effectsAnimal African trypanosomiasesVector competenceGutCurrent disease control strategiesSaharan AfricaDisease control strategiesSurvivalSerratia marcescensTsetse gutExogenous bacteriumFly survivalNovel strategyPhenotype
2007
Replication of Flock House Virus in Three Genera of Medically Important Insects
Dasgupta R, Free H, Zietlow S, Paskewitz S, Aksoy S, Shi L, Fuchs J, Hu C, Christensen B. Replication of Flock House Virus in Three Genera of Medically Important Insects. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2007, 51 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[102:rofhvi]2.0.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFlock House virusImportant insectsHost rangeInsect host rangeOrders of insectsGrass grub Costelytra zealandicaPlus-sense RNAGenera of mosquitoesGreen fluorescent proteinMalaria vector AnophelesVirus growth rateVirus-host interactionsRhodnius prolixus StalPlaque-forming unitsInsectsFluorescent proteinHost interactionsCostelytra zealandicaLow doseVector AnophelesLower mortalityCulex pipiens pipiens L.Major tissuesTsetse fliesAdverse effectsReplication of Flock House Virus in Three Genera of Medically Important Insects
Dasgupta R, Free H, Zietlow S, Paskewitz S, Aksoy S, Shi L, Fuchs J, Hu C, Christensen B. Replication of Flock House Virus in Three Genera of Medically Important Insects. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2007, 44: 102-110. DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585%282007%2944%5b102%3arofhvi%5d2.0.co%3b2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFlock House virusImportant insectsHost rangeInsect host rangeOrders of insectsGrass grub Costelytra zealandicaPlus-sense RNAGenera of mosquitoesGreen fluorescent proteinMalaria vector AnophelesVirus growth rateVirus-host interactionsRhodnius prolixus StalPlaque-forming unitsInsectsFluorescent proteinHost interactionsCostelytra zealandicaLow doseVector AnophelesLower mortalityCulex pipiens pipiens L.Major tissuesTsetse fliesAdverse effects