First report of natural Wolbachia infection in wild Anopheles funestus population in Senegal.

El Hadji Amadou NiangHubert BassenePatrick MakoundouFlorence FenollarMylène WeillOleg Mediannikov

Published in: Malaria journal (2018)

The discovery of natural Wolbachia infection in An. funestus, another major malaria vector, may overcome the main limitation of using a Wolbachia-based approach to control malaria through population suppression and/or replacement.

Keyphrases

aedes aegypti
dengue virus
zika virus
plasmodium falciparum
small molecule
high throughput