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SUBMITTER: Hoffmann AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4161343 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hoffmann Ary A AA Iturbe-Ormaetxe Inaki I Callahan Ashley G AG Phillips Ben L BL Billington Katrina K Axford Jason K JK Montgomery Brian B Turley Andrew P AP O'Neill Scott L SL
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20140911 9
The wMel infection of Drosophila melanogaster was successfully transferred into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes where it has the potential to suppress dengue and other arboviruses. The infection was subsequently spread into two natural populations at Yorkeys Knob and Gordonvale near Cairns, Queensland in 2011. Here we report on the stability of the infection following introduction and we characterize factors influencing the ongoing dynamics of the infection in these two populations. While the Wolbachia ...[more]