A Wolbachia symbiont in Aedes aegypti disrupts mosquito egg development to a greater extent when mosquitoes feed on nonhuman versus human blood.    | World Mosquito Program Skip to main content
This paper reports that female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes infected with the wMelPop Wolbachia strain had a reduced ability to use non-human blood for egg development.
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