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SUBMITTER: Flores HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612058 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Flores Heather A HA O'Neill Scott L SL
Nature reviews. Microbiology 20180801 8
Aedes mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, are becoming major global health emergencies while old threats, such as yellow fever, are re-emerging. Traditional control methods, which have focused on reducing mosquito populations through the application of insecticides or preventing breeding through removal of larval habitat, are largely ineffective, as evidenced by the increasing global disease burden. Here, we review novel mosquito population reduction and populati ...[more]