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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0026-1742</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0026-1742</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0026-17422017000600051</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Las enfermedades transmitidas por vectores y el potencial uso de Wolbachia, una bacteria endocelular obligada, para erradicarlas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Vector-borne diseases and the potential use of Wolbachia, an obligate endocellular bacterium, to eradicate them]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Uribe-Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chiquete Félix]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Natalia]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Fisiología Celular Departamento de Genética Molecular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>60</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>51</fpage>
<lpage>55</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0026-17422017000600051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0026-17422017000600051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0026-17422017000600051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), 17% de las enfermedades infecciosas reportadas en el mundo son transmitidas por vectores artrópodos. Una alternativa para bloquear la transmisión es infectar a los vectores con una bacteria endocelular llamada Wolbachia. Diferentes investigaciones han demostrado que Wolbachia acorta la vida del mosquito, aumenta su resistencia ante la infección de algunos virus como dengue, Zika y Chikungunya, y provoca incompatibilidad citoplasmática, por lo que al liberar mosquitos machos infectados con Wolbachia en una población de hembras no infectadas los productos no son viables, disminuyendo drásticamente la población total. En el presente artículo se incluye una descripción general de las enfermedades infecciosas más comunes transmitidas por vectores así como una revisión del uso de Wolbachia como una posible herramienta para controlar su propagación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract According to the World and Health Organization (WHO), 17% of the worldwide reported infectious diseases are vector-borne. One alternative for blocking the transmission of these infectious agents is to infect the vectors with the endocellular bacterium Wolbachia. Several studies have shown that Wolbachia shortens mosquitos' lifespan and increases their resistance to some virus like Dengue, Zika or Chikungunya. Wolbachia also causes cytoplasmic incompatibility, so, when Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes are released among an uninfected female population, the production of an offspring is not viable and the mosquito population decreases drastically. This article includes an overview of the most common vector-borne infectious diseases as well as a review of the use of Wolbachia as a possible tool for controlling the spread of vector-borne diseases.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Wolbachia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedades transmitidas por vector]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dengue]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[malaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[endosimbiosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Wolbachia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vector-borne diseases]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dengue]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[malaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[endosymbiosis]]></kwd>
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