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ReviewInsects2015

Fighting Arbovirus Transmission: Natural and Engineered Control of Vector Competence in Aedes Mosquitoes.

Joy Kean, Stephanie M Rainey, Melanie McFarlane, Claire L Donald, Esther Schnettler, Alain Kohl, Emilie Pondeville

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Review in Insects, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Joy KeanMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Joy.Kean@glasgow.ac.uk.
Stephanie M RaineyMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Stephanie.Rainey@glasgow.ac.uk.
Melanie McFarlaneMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Melanie.McDonald@glasgow.ac.uk.
Claire L DonaldMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Claire.Donald@glasgow.ac.uk.
Esther SchnettlerMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Esther.Schnettler@glasgow.ac.uk.
Alain KohlMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Alain.Kohl@glasgow.ac.uk.
Emilie PondevilleMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Emilie.Pondeville@glasgow.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_A550_1031Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/8Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Control of aedine mosquito vectors, either by mosquito population reduction or replacement with refractory mosquitoes, may play an essential role in the fight against arboviral diseases. In this review, we will focus on the development and application of biological approaches, both natural or engineered, to limit mosquito vector competence for arboviruses. The study of mosquito antiviral immunity has led to the identification of a number of host response mechanisms and proteins that are required to control arbovirus replication in mosquitoes, though more factors influencing vector competence are likely to be discovered. We will discuss key aspects of these pathways as targets either for selection of naturally resistant mosquito populations or for mosquito genetic manipulation. Moreover, we will consider the use of endosymbiotic bacteria such as Wolbachia, which in some cases have proven to be remarkably efficient in disrupting arbovirus transmission by mosquitoes, but also the use of naturally occurring insect-specific viruses that may interfere with arboviruses in mosquito vectors. Finally, we will discuss the use of paratransgenesis as well as entomopathogenic fungi, which are also proposed strategies to control vector competence.

Indexed as

Aedesantiviral defencesarbovirusbacteriainsect-specific virusesmosquito engineeringparatransgenesisvector competencevector control

Identifiers

PMID26463078
PMCPMC4553541

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