Wolbachia strains for disease control: Ecological and evolutionary considerations

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 751-768

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Ross, Perran A ^a   Rašić, Gordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Wolbachia; Aedes; Deployment issues; Disease control; Fitness; Strain attributes; Virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939651091     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12286     Document Type: Article

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