Establishment of wMel Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and reduction of local dengue transmission in Cairns and surrounding locations in northern Queensland, Australia

PA, Ryan; AP, Turley; G, Wilson; TP, Hurst; K, Retzki; J, Brown-Kenyon; L, Hodgson; N, Kenny; H, Cook; BL, Montgomery; CJ, Paton; SA, Ritchie; AA, Hoffmann; NP, Jewell; SK, Tanamas; KL, Anders; CP, Simmons; SL, O’Neill

doi:10.12688/gatesopenres.13061.2

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Establishment of wMel Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and reduction of local dengue transmission in Cairns and surrounding locations in northern Queensland, Australia

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Ryan PA

Turley AP

Wilson G

Abstract

Background: The w Mel strain of Wolbachia has been successfully introduced into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and subsequently shown in laboratory studies to reduce transmission of a range of viruses including dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Mayaro viruses that cause human disease. Here we r...

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