Alternative vector control methods to manage the Zika virus outbreak: More haste, less speed

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e363-

  Boëte, Christophe ^a   Reeves, R Guy ^b  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BREEDING; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; LETHAL GENE; LETTER; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; ZIKA FEVER;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84968764895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00084-X     Document Type: Letter

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