Why do we need alternative tools to control mosquito-borne diseases in Latin America?

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Rafael Maciel-de-freitas²  Raquel Aguiar¹  Rafaela V Bruno¹  Maria Cristina Guimarães¹  Ricardo Lourenço-de-oliveira²  Marcos Hf Sorgine¹  Cláudio J Struchiner¹  Denise Valle¹  Scott L O'neill¹  Luciano A Moreira¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: dengue;    malaria;    chikungunya;    yellow fever;    control;    surveillance;    Aedes aegypti;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762012000600021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In this opinion paper, we discuss the potential and challenges of using the symbiont Wolbachia to block mosquito transmitted diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya in Latin America.

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