Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Synopsis
Bacterial Symbiosis in Arthropods and the Control of Disease Transmission
Figure 3

Figure 3. Symbionts can be genetically altered and used to replace native symbionts, resulting in insects that can no longer transmit disease. (Illustration courtesy of Mark Q. Benedict).
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