Optimal life stage for radiation sterilization of Anopheles males and their fitness for release

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-244

  Andreasen, M H ^a   Curtis, C F ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A rays; An. stephensi; Anopheles gambiae; Fitness; Insect life stage; Irradiation; Malaria control; Malaria vectors; Mass release; Mating competitivity; Mosquitoes; Population elimination; Reproductive sterility; SIT; Sterile insect technique; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE VECTOR; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COPULATION; DISEASE CARRIER; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COPULATION; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 25444507994     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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