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A <i>w</i> Mel <i>Wolbachia</i> variant in <i>Aedes aegypti</i> from field-collected <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> with increased phenotypic stability under heat stress
2022-01-02
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<h4>Summary</h4> Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality across tropical regions. Population replacement strategies involving the w Mel strain of Wolbachia are being used widely to control mosquito-borne diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti . However, these strategies may be influenced by environmental temperature because w Mel is vulnerabl...
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- b6ad7df9-a7f5-53a4-ad57-20b912633c8b
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- 10.1101/2022.01.02.474744
