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J.E.C., K.C.H., A.B., T.Z., P.H., J.R.O., E.K., N.S., L.U., P.M. and B.J.W. were paid employees of Verily Life Sciences, a for-profit company developing products for mosquito control, at the time they contributed to this response. S.L.D. was a paid employee of MosquitoMate, a for-profit company developing products for mosquito control, at the time they contributed to this response. S.L.D. and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation hold a patent (US7868222B1) on the use of Wolbachia for mosquito control.
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Crawford, J.E., Hopkins, K.C., Buchman, A. et al. Reply to: Assessing the efficiency of Verily’s automated process for production and release of male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes.
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