Cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means of controlling Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquito in the islands of the south-western Indian Ocean.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Célestine M Atyame, Nicole Pasteur, Emilie Dumas, Pablo Tortosa, Michaël Luciano Tantely, Nicolas Pocquet, Séverine Licciardi, Ambicadutt Bheecarry, Betty Zumbo, Mylène Weill, Olivier Duron
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Four Islands; Indian
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001440; https://doaj.org/article/fbd39208fb3f408ba640b20b6e391de5

The use of the bacterium Wolbachia is an attractive alternative method to control vector populations. In mosquitoes, as in members of the Culex pipiens complex, Wolbachia induces a form of embryonic lethality called cytoplasmic incompatibility, a sperm-egg incompatibility occurring when infected mal...