Genetic control of Aedes mosquitoes

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 170-179

  Alphey, Luke ^a,b   McKemey, Andrew ^a   Nimmo, Derric ^a   Neira Oviedo, Marco ^a,c   Lacroix, Renaud ^a   Matzen, Kelly ^a   Beech, Camilla ^a  

^a OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Aedes; Dengue; Genetic engineering; IIT; RIDL; SIT; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENETIC REGULATION; MALE STERILITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84879534242     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773213Y.0000000095     Document Type: Review

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