Monthly Archives: August 2017

Mosquitoes and the biocontrol agent Wolbachia

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Facilitated by increasing global mobility, urbanisation, climate change, and the development of insecticide resistance, populations of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, are increasing in range and size. This spread includes their recent re-emergence in parts of Europe after their disappearance in the mid-20th century and is of particular concern due to their role as… Read more »

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