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Using Wolbachia to Eliminate Dengue: Will the Virus Fight Back?

Recent field trials have demonstrated that dengue incidence can be substantially reduced by introgressing strains of the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia into Aedes aegypti mosquito populations. This strategy relies on Wolbachia reducing the susceptibility of Ae. aegypti to disseminated infection b...

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Autores principales: Edenborough, Kathryn M., Flores, Heather A., Simmons, Cameron P., Fraser, Johanna E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33853965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02203-20