title: Why do we need alternative tools to control mosquito-borne diseases in Latin America?
abstract: In this opinion paper, we discuss the potential and challenges of using the symbiont Wolbachia to block mosquito transmitted diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya in Latin America.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. freitas@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maciel-de-Freitas
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.forename: Rafaela V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lourenço-de-Oliveira
authors.forename: Marcos H F
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sorgine
authors.forename: Cláudio J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Struchiner
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: Luciano A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D065632:Chikungunya Fever; D009033:Culicidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D003715:Dengue / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D007843:Latin America; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000502:physiology*