Developing Wolbachia-based disease interventions for an extreme environment
P. A. Ross, S. Elfekih, S. Collier, M. J. Klein, S. S. Lee, M. Dunn, S. Jackson, Y. Zhang, J. K. Axford, X. Gu, M. S. Nasar, P. N. Paradkar, E. A. Tawfik, F. M. Jiggins, A. M. Almalik, , A. A. Hoffmann
This study evaluates Wolbachia strains in Saudi Arabian mosquitoes for dengue suppression in extreme environments, finding reduced heat tolerance and local adaptation effects.
bioRxiv · Jul 26, 2022Evolutionary Biology