The Effect of Virus-Blocking Wolbachia on Male Competitiveness of the Dengue Vector Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

BACKGROUND: The bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia blocks the transmission of dengue virus by its vector mosquito Aedes aegypti, and is currently being evaluated for control of dengue outbreaks. Wolbachia induces cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) that results in the developmental failure of offspring i...

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Autores principales: Segoli, Michal, Hoffmann, Ary A., Lloyd, Jane, Omodei, Gavin J., Ritchie, Scott A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25502564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003294

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25502564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003294

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