The wMel Strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Aedes aegypti

ABSTRACT: Background: New approaches to preventing chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are needed because current methods are limited to controlling mosquito populations, and they have not prevented the invasion of this virus into new locales, nor have they been sufficient to control the virus upon arrival. A...

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Autores:

Vélez Bernal, Iván Darío
Uribe Yepes, T.Alexander Dario
Osorio Benitez, Jorge Emilio
Aliota, Matthew
Walker, Emma C.
Christensen, Bruce M.

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2016

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/39558

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/39558

Palabra clave:

Aedes
Antibiosis
Fiebre Chikungunya
Chikungunya Fever
Virus Chikungunya
Chikungunya virus
Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Insectos Vectores
Insect Vectors
Saliva - virología
Saliva - virology
Análisis de Supervivencia
Survival Analysis
Wolbachia
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000330
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000898
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065632
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002646
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018562
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007303
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012463
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016019
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020577

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