Assessing key safety concerns of a Wolbachia-based strategy to control dengue transmission by Aedes mosquitoes

Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya or malaria affect millions of people each year and control solutions are urgently needed. An international research program is currently being developed that relies on the introduction of the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis into Ae...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Jean Popovici, Luciano A Moreira, Anne Poinsignon, Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Darlene McNaughton, Scott L O'Neill
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2010-12-01
Subjects:	Aedes aegypti Wolbachia dengue risk assessment safety biological control
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762010000800002&lng=en&tlng=en