Genetic elimination of dengue vector mosquitoes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4772-4775

  Wise De Valdez, Megan R ^a,e   Nimmo, Derric ^b   Betz, John ^a   Gong, Hong Fei ^b   James, Anthony A ^c   Alphey, Luke ^b,d   Black IV, William C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage trial; Genetic control; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION STERILIZATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DENGUE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS GROUP; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79953175307     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019295108     Document Type: Article

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