Effectiveness of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments in reducing the incidence of dengue and other Aedes-borne diseases in Niterói, Brazil: A quasi-experimental study.

Effectiveness of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments in reducing the incidence of dengue and other Aedes-borne diseases in Niterói, Brazil: A quasi-experimental study.

<h4>Background</h4>The introduction of the bacterium Wolbachia (wMel strain) into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reduces their capacity to transmit dengue and other arboviruses. Evidence of a reduction in dengue case incidence following field releases of wMel-infected Ae. aegypti has been repo...

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Main Authors: Sofia B Pinto, Thais I S Riback, Gabriel Sylvestre, Guilherme Costa, Julia Peixoto, Fernando B S Dias, Stephanie K Tanamas, Cameron P Simmons, Suzanne M Dufault, Peter A Ryan, Scott L O'Neill, Frederico C Muzzi, Simon Kutcher, Jacqui Montgomery, Benjamin R Green, Ruth Smithyman, Ana Eppinghaus, Valeria Saraceni, Betina Durovni, Katherine L Anders, Luciano A Moreira
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1273d8e99d2d4dd1a59c1be566d40f52
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