Strategies for introducing Wolbachia to reduce transmission of mosquito-borne diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hancock, Penelope A ^a   Sinkins, Steven P ^a   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYMBIONT; VECTOR CONTROL; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79955840474     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001024     Document Type: Article

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