Persistent deleterious effects of a deleterious Wolbachia infection.

• Main Authors: Perran A Ross (Author), Jason K Axford (Author), Ashley G Callahan (Author), Kelly M Richardson (Author), Ary A Hoffmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Wolbachia are being used to reduce dengue transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes around the world. To date releases have mostly involved Wolbachia strains with limited fitness effects but strains with larger fitness costs could be used to suppress mosquito populations. However, such infections are...