Here, we present a protocol to investigate the host-tissue distribution, transmission mode, and effect on the host fitness of a densovirus within a lepidopteran species, the cotton bollworm. This protocol can also be used for studying the interaction between other orally-transmitted viruses and their insect hosts.
Yang, X., Xu, P., Graham, R. I., Yuan, H., Wu, K. Protocols for Investigating the Host-tissue Distribution, Transmission-mode, and Effect on the Host Fitness of a Densovirus in the Cotton Bollworm. J. Vis. Exp. (122), e55534, doi:10.3791/55534 (2017).