Genetically Modifying the Insect Gut Microbiota to Control Chagas Disease Vectors through Systemic RNAi

• Mabel L. Taracena,

  Affiliations Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Programa de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, eCentro de Estudios en Salud. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

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• Pedro L. Oliveira,

  Affiliations Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Programa de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM), Brasil

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• Olivia Almendares,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Claudia Umaña,

  Affiliation eCentro de Estudios en Salud. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

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• Carl Lowenberger,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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• Ellen M. Dotson,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Gabriela O. Paiva-Silva ,

  * E-mail: gosilva@bioqmed.ufrj.br (GOPS);pamelap@uvg.edu.gt (PMP)

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Programa de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM), Brasil

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• Pamela M. Pennington

  * E-mail: gosilva@bioqmed.ufrj.br (GOPS);pamelap@uvg.edu.gt (PMP)

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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