Assessing quality of life-shortening Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the field based on capture rates and morphometric assessments

Abstract Background Recent releases have been carried out with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the w MelPop mosquito cell-line adapted (w MelPop-CLA) strain of Wolbachia. This infection introduced from Drosophila provides strong blockage of dengue and other arboviruses but also has large fitn...

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Published in:	Parasites & Vectors
Main Authors:	Heng Lin Yeap, Jason K Axford, Jean Popovici, Nancy M Endersby, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Scott A Ritchie, Ary A Hoffmann
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2014-02-01
Subjects:	Wolbachia Aedes aegypti Size Shape Quality
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-58