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Assessing quality of life-shortening Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the field based on capture rates and morphometric assessments

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Title
Assessing quality of life-shortening Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the field based on capture rates and morphometric assessments
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Parasites & Vectors, February 2014
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-7-58
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Heng Lin Yeap, Jason K Axford, Jean Popovici, Nancy M Endersby, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Scott A Ritchie, Ary A Hoffmann

Abstract

Recent releases have been carried out with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the wMelPop mosquito cell-line adapted (wMelPop-CLA) strain of Wolbachia. This infection introduced from Drosophila provides strong blockage of dengue and other arboviruses but also has large fitness costs in laboratory tests. The releases were used to evaluate the fitness of released infected mosquitoes, and (following termination of releases) to test for any effects of wMelPop-CLA on wing size and shape when mosquitoes were reared under field conditions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 4 4%
United States 3 3%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 105 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 23 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 16%
Student > Bachelor 13 12%
Other 12 11%
Student > Master 11 10%
Other 19 17%
Unknown 17 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 55 49%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 3%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 18 16%