Alternative vector control methods to manage the Zika virus outbreak: more 
haste, less speed

Boete, Christophe; Reeves, Guy

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00084-X

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Alternative vector control methods to manage the Zika virus outbreak: more haste, less speed

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Reeves, Guy
Research Group Population Genetics, Department Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Boete, C., & Reeves, G. (2016). Alternative vector control methods to manage the Zika virus outbreak: more haste, less speed. The Lancet Global Health, 4(6), e363-e363. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00084-X.

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In their Comment in The Lancet Global Health (March, 2016),1 Laith Yakob and Thomas Walker present the current epidemiological situation of the Zika virus outbreak in the Americas. They argue that, in the absence of a vaccine, the ongoing use of insecticides or the destruction of mosquito breeding sites provides little hope for the containment of this disease. Consequently, they highlight two novel techniques that in their view could provide imminent relief from Zika virus and other vectored diseases.