About the Authors
- Dongjing Zhang
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Affiliations Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria, Sun Yat-sen University—Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Xiaoying Zheng
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Affiliation Sun Yat-sen University—Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Zhiyong Xi
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Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University—Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Kostas Bourtzis
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Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria
- Jeremie R. L. Gilles
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* E-mail: J.Gilles@iaea.org
Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria
Competing Interests
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Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KB ZX JG. Performed the experiments: DZ XZ KB ZX JG. Analyzed the data: DZ XZ KB ZX JG. Wrote the paper: DZ KB ZX JG. Provided the triple Wolbachia-infected Ae. albopictus HC strain: ZX. Provided the Wolbachia-free Ae. albopictus GT strain: XZ. Approved the final version of the manuscript: DZ XZ ZX KB JG.