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A standalone incompatible insect technique enables mosquito suppression in the urban subtropics
- Source :
- Communications Biology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- A field trial in Changsha, China, involving the release of a triple Wolbachia-infected strain of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus, demonstrates the feasibility of using an incompatible insect technique to suppress disease vector mosquito populations in urban subtropic environments.
- Subjects :
- Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23993642
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Communications Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0997d4e414d4483ca60e920b56d9b6f5
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04332-6