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

• Main Authors: Sofia B Pinto (Author), Thais I S Riback (Author), Gabriel Sylvestre (Author), Guilherme Costa (Author), Julia Peixoto (Author), Fernando B S Dias (Author), Stephanie K Tanamas (Author), Cameron P Simmons (Author), Suzanne M Dufault (Author), Peter A Ryan (Author), Scott L O'Neill (Author), Frederico C Muzzi (Author), Simon Kutcher (Author), Jacqui Montgomery (Author), Benjamin R Green (Author), Ruth Smithyman (Author), Ana Eppinghaus (Author), Valeria Saraceni (Author), Betina Durovni (Author), Katherine L Anders (Author), Luciano A Moreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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...