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First report of natural Wolbachia infection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis in Tanzania

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3249-y

Published Online: 2018-12-13

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Baldini, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070
Rougé, Justine

Kreppel, Katharina

Mkandawile, Gustave

Mapua, Salum Abdallah

Sikulu-Lord, Maggy

Ferguson, Heather M.

Govella, Nicodem

Okumu, Fredros O.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

AXA Reseach Fund (14-AXA-PDOC-130)

EMBO (43-2014)

Wellcome Trust (WT102350/Z/13)
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Article History

Received: 13 July 2018

Accepted: 30 November 2018

First Online: 13 December 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Before the study began, meetings were held with community leaders in the village during which they were informed about the purpose of the study and their participation requested. After their permission was given, the study team visited the village and informed consent was obtained from each head of household where mosquito trapping was conducted. The study was previously approved by the Ifakara Health Institutional Review Board (certificate number IHI/IRB/No: 16-2013) and by the National Institute for Medical Research in Tanzania (NIMR/HQ/R.8c/Vol. II/304).

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