The Use of Wolbachia by the World Mosquito Program to Interrupt Transmission of Aedes aegypti Transmitted Viruses

The biological control of mosquito transmission by the use of the naturally occurring insect-specific bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia has been successfully tested in small field trials. The approach has been translated successfully to larger field sites in Townsville, Australia and expanded to more...

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Published inAdvances in experimental medicine and biology Vol. 1062; p. 355
Main Author O'Neill, Scott L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2018
Subjects
World Mosquito Program
Biological mosquito control
Cytoplasmic Incompatibility
wMel Wolbachia strain
Randomised control cluster trial
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Summary:The biological control of mosquito transmission by the use of the naturally occurring insect-specific bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia has been successfully tested in small field trials. The approach has been translated successfully to larger field sites in Townsville, Australia and expanded to more than 10 countries through the Eliminate Dengue Program. The broader application of the program beyond limiting the transmission of dengue and including other Aedes aegypti borne mosquitoes has seen the program growing into a global not-for-profit initiative to be known as the World Mosquito Program.
ISSN:0065-2598
DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-8727-1_24