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

• Published in: Advances in experimental medicine and biology Vol. 1062; p. 355
• Main Author: O'Neill, Scott L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2018
• Subjects: World Mosquito Program; Biological mosquito control; Cytoplasmic Incompatibility; wMel Wolbachia strain; Randomised control cluster trial

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...