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Deploying dengue-suppressing Wolbachia: robust models predict slow but effective spatial spread in Aedes aegypti

A novel strategy for controlling the spread of arboviral diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya is to transform mosquito populations with virus-suppressing Wolbachia. In general, Wolbachia transinfected into mosquitoes induce fitness costs through lower viability or fecundity. These maternall...

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Autores principales: Turelli, Michael, Barton, Nicholas H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5476474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28411063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2017.03.003