Evaluating the potential of the sterile insect technique for malaria control: Relative fitness and mating compatibility between laboratory colonized and a wild population of Anopheles arabiensis from the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Munhenga, Givemore ^a,b   Brooke, Basil D ^a,b   Chirwa, Tobias F ^c   Hunt, Richard H ^a,b   Coetzee, Maureen ^a,b   Govender, Danny ^d,e   Koekemoer, Lizette L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; malaria vector control; Sterile Insect Technique

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOUTH AFRICA; STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80054996678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-208     Document Type: Article

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