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Innovative sterile male release strategies for Aedes mosquito control: progress and challenges in integrating evidence of mosquito population suppression with epidemiological impact

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Aedes mosquitoes pose a significant global threat as vectors for several debilitating arboviruses, including dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya.
Arya Rahul, Appadurai Daniel Reegan, A. N. Shriram, Florence Fouque, Manju Rahi   +4 more
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Genetic variation in the invasive avian parasite, Philornis downsi (Diptera, Muscidae) on the Galapagos archipelago [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Understanding the dispersal and genetic structure of invasive insects across islands is important for designing management plans that are appropriate at spatial and temporal scales.
Gardner, Michael G, Dudaniec, Rachael Y, Gardner, Michael George, Donnellan, S., Kleindorfer, Sonia, Michael G Gardner, Gardner Michael G, Donnellan, Steve C, Steve Donnellan, Rachael Y Dudaniec, Dudaniec Rachael Y, Dudaniec, R., Kleindorfer, Sonia Marie, Donnellan, Steve, Gardner, M., Donnellan Steve, Kleindorfer Sonia, Sonia Kleindorfer, Kleindorfer, S., Dudaniec, Rachael   +19 more
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Transforming insect population control with precision guided sterile males with demonstration in flies

Nature Communications, 2019
Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is used to suppress wild populations. Here the authors integrate CRISPR-based technology and SIT to develop a precision guided SIT (pgSIT), and demonstrate its proof-of-principle by generating 100% sterile males.
Nikolay P. Kandul, Junru Liu, Hector M. Sanchez C., Sean L. Wu, John M. Marshall, Omar S. Akbari   +5 more
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Bactrocera dorsalis male sterilization by targeted RNA interference of spermatogenesis: Empowering sterile insect technique programs [PDF]

, 2016
RNA interference (RNAi) is a genetic technique which has novel application for sustainable pest control. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) uses releases of mass-produced, sterile male insects to out-compete wild males for mates to reduce pest ...
Niu, Chang-Ying, Wang, Zhi-Jian, Dong, Yong-Cheng, Chen, Zhen-Zhong, Clarke, Anthony R.   +4 more
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Evaluation of radiation sensitivity and mating performance of Glossina brevipalpis males.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundArea-wide integrated pest management strategies that include a sterile insect technique component have been successfully used to eradicate tsetse fly populations in the past.
Chantel J de Beer, Percy Moyaba, Solomon N B Boikanyo, Daphney Majatladi, Hanano Yamada, Gert J Venter, Marc J B Vreysen   +6 more
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STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE: A MODEL FOR DOSE OPTIMIZATION FOR IMPROVED STERILE INSECT QUALITY

Florida Entomologist, 2007
Abstract The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly pest control technique with application in the area-wide integrated control of key pests, including the suppression or elimination of introduced populations and the exclusion of new introductions.
Andrew Parker, Kishor Mehta
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Large indoor cage study of the suppression of stable Aedes aegypti populations by the release of thiotepa-sterilised males

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a promising pest control method in terms of efficacy and environmental compatibility. In this study, we determined the efficacy of thiotepa-sterilised males in reducing the target Aedes aegypti populations.
René Gato, Rosemary Susan Lees, Rosa Y Bruzon, Ariamys Companioni, Zulema Menendez, Aileen González, Misladys Rodríguez   +6 more
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Comparison of Efficiency of BG-Sentinel Traps Baited with Mice, Mouse-Litter, and CO2 Lures for Field Sampling of Male and Female Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes

Insects, 2017
Determining the abundance and distribution of male mosquitoes in the wild and establishing species seasonality in candidate pilot sites is of particular interest with respect to the use of the sterile-male technique. With the knowledge that using mice as
Gilbert Le Goff, David Damiens, Abdoul-Hamid Ruttee, Laurent Payet, Cyrille Lebon, Jean-Sébastien Dehecq, Martin Geier, Louis-Clément Gouagna   +7 more
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Medfly Gut Microbiota and Enhancement of the Sterile Insect Technique: Similarities and Differences of Klebsiella oxytoca and Enterobacter sp. AA26 Probiotics during the Larval and Adult Stages of the VIENNA 8D53+ Genetic Sexing Strain

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a major agricultural pest worldwide. The development of genetic sexing strains (GSSs) for this species that allows male-only sterile insects releases has boosted the effectiveness of the environmental ...
Georgios A. Kyritsis, Antonios A. Augustinos, Carlos Cáceres, Kostas Bourtzis   +3 more
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An evaluation of the immunogenicity and safety of a new trivalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

, 2007
The immunogenicity and safety of a meningococcal trivalent A/C/W135 polysaccharide vaccine was compared with that of a tetravalent A/C/Y/W135 polysaccharide vaccine in a randomised, double blind trial. The study included 360 adults, who received either a
Daniel Chandramohan, Baiden, Rita, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Abraham Hodgson, Christopher B. Nelson, Greenwood, Brain, Awine, Elizabeth, Paul Coleman, Chandramohan, Daniel, Coleman, Paul, Kwaku Asante, Boutriau, Dominique, Nelson, Christopher B, Brain Greenwood, Rita Baiden, Dominique Boutriau, Asante, Kwaku, Elizabeth Awine, Hodgson, Abraham   +19 more
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