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Reader's Opinion • Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 107 (6) • Sept 2012 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000600021 linkcopy

Open-access Why do we need alternative tools to control mosquito-borne diseases in Latin America?

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In this opinion paper, we discuss the potential and challenges of using the symbiont Wolbachia to block mosquito transmitted diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya in Latin America.

dengue; malaria; chikungunya; yellow fever; control; surveillance; Aedes aegypti

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