Feasible Introgression of an Anti-pathogen Transgene into an Urban Mosquito Population without Using Gene-Drive

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Okamoto, Kenichi W ^a   Robert, Michael A ^a,b   Gould, Fred ^a,c   Lloyd, Alun L ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANTI PATHOGEN TRANSGENE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DENGUE VIRUS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE SPECIFIC LETHALITY; GENOTYPE; IMMIGRATION; INTROGRESSION; LETHALITY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RECOVERY; TRANSGENE; URBAN AREA; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; INFECTION CONTROL; PERU; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERU; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84905503948     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002827     Document Type: Article

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