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A Safe Strategy
Jan

23

2017

A Safe Strategy

Wolbachia-based vector-control strategies have been recommended by WHO as means to enhance the currently existing measures for controlling dengue. The use of Wolbachia for the control of mosquito-borne viruses has been examined and unconditionally approved by the Malaysian Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), after considering a risk assessment. More than ten other countries have considered and approved the release of Wolbachia mosquitoes in the...

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