A model framework to estimate impact and cost of genetics-based sterile insect methods for dengue vector control

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Alphey, Nina ^a,b   Alphey, Luke ^a,b   Bonsall, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA MODIFICATION; DOMINANT LETHAL MUTANT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; HOMOZYGOTE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION STERILIZATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEXAPODA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 80053609538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025384     Document Type: Article

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