Cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means of controlling Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquito in the islands of the south-western Indian Ocean.

Cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means of controlling Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquito in the islands of the south-western Indian Ocean.

The use of the bacterium Wolbachia is an attractive alternative method to control vector populations. In mosquitoes, as in members of the Culex pipiens complex, Wolbachia induces a form of embryonic lethality called cytoplasmic incompatibility, a sperm-egg incompatibility occurring when infected mal...

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Main Authors: Célestine M Atyame, Nicole Pasteur, Emilie Dumas, Pablo Tortosa, Michaël Luciano Tantely, Nicolas Pocquet, Séverine Licciardi, Ambicadutt Bheecarry, Betty Zumbo, Mylène Weill, Olivier Duron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3243720?pdf=render

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