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Ewa Chrostek1, Gregory D D Hurst1, Elizabeth A McGraw2
1Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
Current Biology : CB
|January 8, 2020
Abstract:
Vector-borne viral diseases pose an urgent public health challenge, particularly in the tropics. Field releases of mosquitoes carrying bacterial symbionts that reduce vector competence are ongoing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Early results show that wAlbB Wolbachia can persist in mosquitoes in urban settings and decrease dengue incidence in humans.
