?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.127159&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Diversity+of+arthropod-borne+viruses+and+implications+for+Wolbachia-based+biocontrol&rft.creator=Ekwudu%2C+O'mezie&rft.subject=Arthropod-borne+viruses&rft.subject=Arboviruses&rft.subject=Dengue+virus&rft.subject=Aedes+aegypti&rft.subject=Aedes+albopictus&rft.subject=Wolbachia&rft.subject=Extrinsic+incubation+period&rft.subject=Genetic+diversity&rft.subject=Vector+mosquito&rft.subject=Zika+virus&rft.description=This+research+examines+the+impact+of+genetic+diversity+in+dengue+virus+(DENV)+on+incubation+period+in+vector+mosquitoes%2C+and+on+Wolbachia%2C+a+novel+vector+biocontrol+agent.+It+also+extends+the+DENV+study+to+other+flaviviruses+(Zika+and+West+Nile+-+Kunjin)+and+alphaviruses+(Barmah+Forest%2C+Ross+River+and+Sindbis)+to+provide+evidence+as+to+whether+a+heat-resistant+strain+of+Wolbachia%2C+wAlbB%2C+can+be+used+to+suppress+the+transmission+of+these+mosquito-borne+viruses.+The+research+outcomes+show+that+viral+genetic+variation+is+reflected+in+transmission+kinetics+of+DENV.+Data+from+the+Wolbachia+experiments+provide+the+groundwork+for+future+in+vivo+mosquito+trials.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F127159%2F1%2FO%2527mezie_Ekwudu_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.127159&rft.relation=Ekwudu%2C+O'mezie+(2019)+Diversity+of+arthropod-borne+viruses+and+implications+for+Wolbachia-based+biocontrol.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F127159%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Health%3B+Institute+of+Health+and+Biomedical+Innovation%3B+School+of+Biomedical+Sciences