Open release of male mosquitoes infected with a wolbachia biopesticide: Field performance and infection containment

Open release of male mosquitoes infected with a wolbachia biopesticide: Field performance and infection containment [1]

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a globally significant disease, with 1.3 billion persons in 83 countries at risk. A coordinated effort of administering annual macrofilaricidal prophylactics to the entire at-risk population has succeeded in impacting and eliminating LF transmission in multiple regions. However, some areas in the South Pacific are predicted to persist as transmission sites, due in part to the biology of the mosquito vector, which has led to a call for additional tools to augment drug treatments. Autocidal strategies against mosquitoes are resurging in the effort against invasive mosquitoes and vector borne disease, with examples that include field trials of genetically modified mosquitoes and Wolbachia population replacement.

Publication Date:

15/11/2012

Author(s): Linda O'Connor [2], Catherine Plichart [3], Ayo Cheong Sang & et al [4]

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases [5]

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1-7

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