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US Patent Number
7868222
Publication Date
1-11-2011
Abstract
A method is provided for producing an artificial infection in a Culicidae (mosquito) species. The mosquitoes include species within the subfamilies Culicinae and Anophelinae, and the species include Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti and Aedes polynesiensis infected with a Wolbachia infection. The infection may be a strain of Wolbachia which does not normally or naturally infect the selected mosquito species. The artificially infected Aedes mosquito can be introduced into a mosquito population to control the reproduction capability of the population by introducing an incompatible Wolbachia infection. The present method can be used as a novel means to limit mosquito-borne pathogens and thus control or prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, lymphatic filariasis, etc.
Assignees
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)
Application Number
11/373,042
Filing Date
03/10/2006
Recommended Citation
Dobson, Stephen L., "Transfected Mosquito Vectors" (2011). Entomology Faculty Patents. 5.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_patents/5
