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The spread of Wolbachia through mosquito populations
In many regions of the world, mosquito-borne viruses pose a growing threat to human health. As an alternative to traditional control measures, the bacterial symbiont Wolbachia has been transferred from Drosophila into the mosquito Aedes aegypti, where it can block the transmission of dengue and Zika...
Autor principal: | Jiggins, Francis M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28570608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002780 |
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