Field Cage Studies and Progressive Evaluation of Genetically-Engineered Mosquitoes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Facchinelli, Luca ^a   Valerio, Laura ^a,b   Ramsey, Janine M ^c   Gould, Fred ^d,e   Walsh, Rachael K ^a,d   Bond, Guillermo ^c   Robert, Michael A ^d   Lloyd, Alun L ^d,e   James, Anthony A ^f   Alphey, Luke ^g,h   Scott, Thomas W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOSQUITOE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VECTOR CONTROL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84873515438     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002001     Document Type: Article

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