Infection with a harmless bacterium makes the mosquitoes that transmit dengue virus resistant to viral infection. The resistant population can rapidly replace the natural, susceptible population. See Letters p.450 & p.454
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Rasgon, J. Mosquitoes attacked from within. Nature 476, 407–408 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/476407a
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