Assessing key safety concerns of a Wolbachia-based strategy to control dengue transmission by Aedes mosquitoes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 957-964

  Popovici, Jean ^a   Moreira, Luciano A ^a,b   Poinsignon, Anne ^a   Iturbe Ormaetxe, Inaki ^a   McNaughton, Darlene ^c   O'Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Biological control; Dengue; Risk assessment; Safety; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 78650848140     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000800002     Document Type: Article

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