The spread of Wolbachia through mosquito populations.

In many regions of the world, mosquito-borne viruses pose a growing threat to human health. As an alternative to traditional control measures, the bacterial symbiont Wolbachia has been transferred from Drosophila into the mosquito Aedes aegypti, where it can block the transmission of dengue and Zika...

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Main Author: Francis M Jiggins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5453404?pdf=render