Wolbachia-mosquito interactions and engineered female-specific lethality for Aedes-arbovirus control
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are the primary vectors of dengue (DENV) and chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses, causing millions of infections annually. Novel genetic mosquito control methods are being trialled, including population replacement using disease refractory mosquitoes transinfected with the...
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University of Oxford
2015
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.719814 |