The Potential Use of Wolbachia-Based Mosquito Biocontrol Strategies for Japanese Encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a zoonotic pathogen transmitted by the infectious bite of Culex mosquitoes. The virus causes the development of the disease Japanese encephalitis (JE) in a small proportion of those infected, predominantly affecting children in eastern and southern Asia. Annual J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeffries, Claire L., Walker, Thomas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472807/