Difference between revisions of "Wolbachia versus Gene Drives for Mosquito Control (Biotechnology and Society 2016)"

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* http://www.nature.com/news/us-reviews-plan-to-infect-mosquitoes-with-bacteria-to-stop-disease-1.19967
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* [http://www.nature.com/news/us-reviews-plan-to-infect-mosquitoes-with-bacteria-to-stop-disease-1.19967 US reviews plan to infect mosquitoes with bacteria to stop disease] Emily Waltz ''Nature News'' May 24, 2016.
* https://www.wired.com/2016/08/california-city-fending-off-zika-releasing-40000-mosquitoes-every-week/
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* [https://www.wired.com/2016/08/california-city-fending-off-zika-releasing-40000-mosquitoes-every-week/ A California City Is Fending Off Zika by Releasing 40,000 Mosquitoes Every Week] Sarah Zhang ''Wired'' Aug. 4, 2016.
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/
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* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/ How a Tiny Bacterium Called Wolbachia Could Defeat Dengue] Scott O'Neill ''Scientific American'' June 1, 2015.
* http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002688
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* Frentiu F.D., et al. (2014) [Limited Dengue Virus Replication in Field-Collected ''Aedes aegypti'' Mosquitoes Infected with ''Wolbachia'']. ''PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis.'' '''8''':1–10.
  
 
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