Efficacy of Wolbachia-Infected Mosquito Deployments for the Control of Dengue
In this cluster-randomized trial conducted in Indonesia, deployment of mosquitoes infected with the w Mel strain of Wolbachia pipientis resulted in fewer symptomatic, virologically confirmed dengue infections and hospitalizations among residents.
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Veröffentlicht in: | The New England journal of medicine 2021-06, Vol.384 (23), p.2177-2186 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this cluster-randomized trial conducted in Indonesia, deployment of mosquitoes infected with the
w
Mel strain of
Wolbachia pipientis
resulted in fewer symptomatic, virologically confirmed dengue infections and hospitalizations among residents. |
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa2030243 |