Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico.

• Main Authors: Liliana Sánchez-González (Author), Laura E Adams (Author), Rafael Saavedra (Author), Emma M Little (Author), Nicole A Medina (Author), Chelsea G Major (Author), Marina Bruck (Author), Julieanne Miranda (Author), Coral Rosado-Santiago (Author), Kyle Ryff (Author), Marianyoly Ortiz (Author), Grayson Brown (Author), Roberto Barrera (Author), Carmen L Pérez-Guerra (Author), Vanessa Rivera-Amill (Author), Gabriela Paz-Bailey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes pose an increasing public health challenge in tropical regions. Wolbachia-mediated population suppression (Wolbachia suppression) is a vector control method used to reduce Aedes mosquito populations by introducing male mosquitoes infected wi...