The wMel Wolbachia strain blocks dengue and invades caged Aedes aegypti populations
By Thomas Walker, Petrina H. Johnson, L. Moreira, I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe, F. Frentiu, Conor J. McMeniman, Y. S. Leong, Y. Dong, Jason K. Axford, Peter Kriesner and 4 more. Nature, 2011
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Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Genetic control of invasive fish: technological options and its role in integrated pest management (2014, background): “In contrast, a major project funded by the Gates Foundation has used the transfer of a strain of Wolbachia bacteria into the mosquito vector of dengue, Aedes aegypti, to suppress that insect’s ability to transmit the dengue virus (Walker et al. 2011).”
- A Review of the Invasive Mosquitoes in Europe: Ecology, Public Health Risks, and Control Options (2012, positive): “Furthermore, recent findings demonstrate that Wolbachia -based strategies can also be deployed as a practical approach to control A. aegypti, which will help suppress dengue transmission (Hoffmann et al. 2011; Walker et al. 2011).”