Effectiveness of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments in reducing the incidence of dengue and other Aedes-borne diseases in Niterói, Brazil: A quasi-experimental study | World Mosquito Program

Sofia B. Pinto et al., 2021, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

This paper describes the wMel Wolbachia mosquito releases and heterogeneous establishment of Wolbachia in local mosquito populations and the associated reduction in dengue, chikungunya and Zika case incidence in the Brazilian city of Niterói.

Effectiveness of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments in reducing the incidence of dengue and other Aedes-borne diseases in Niterói, Brazil: A quasi-experimental study
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