Fighting arbovirus transmission: Natural and engineered control of vector competence in Aedes mosquitoes

Insects

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 236-278

  Kean, Joy ^a   Rainey, Stephanie M ^a   McFarlane, Melanie ^a   Donald, Claire L ^a   Schnettler, Esther ^a   Kohl, Alain ^a   Pondeville, Emilie ^a  

^a MRC UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CENTRE FOR VIRUS RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aedes; Antiviral defences; Arbovirus; Bacteria; Insect specific viruses; Mosquito engineering; Paratransgenesis; Vector competence; Vector control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982757606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects6010236     Document Type: Review

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