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Why did the <i>Wolbachia</i> transinfection cross the road? drift, deterministic dynamics, and disease control
6 Jan 2022
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Abstract Maternally inherited Wolbachia transinfections are being introduced into natural mosquito populations to reduce the transmission of dengue, Zika, and other arboviruses. Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility provides a frequency-dependent reproductive advantage to infected females that can spread transinfections within and among populations. However, because transinfections generally reduce host...
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