Application of wmelpop wolbachia strain to crash local populations of aedes aegypti

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-17

  Ritchie, Scott A ^a   Townsend, Michael ^a   Paton, Chris J ^a   Callahan, Ashley G ^b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DNA EXTRACTION; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEASON; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS SURVIVAL; WOLBACHIA INFECTION; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OVUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84938603908     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003930     Document Type: Article

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