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The wMel Strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Aedes aegypti

BACKGROUND: New approaches to preventing chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are needed because current methods are limited to controlling mosquito populations, and they have not prevented the invasion of this virus into new locales, nor have they been sufficient to control the virus upon arrival. A promising...

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Autores principales: Aliota, Matthew T., Walker, Emma C., Uribe Yepes, Alexander, Dario Velez, Ivan, Christensen, Bruce M., Osorio, Jorge E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27124663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004677