Successful suppression of a field mosquito population by sustained release of engineered male mosquitoes

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 828-830

  Harris, Angela F ^a,b   McKemey, Andrew R ^c   Nimmo, Derric ^c   Curtis, Zoe ^c   Black, Isaac ^c,d   Morgan, Siân A ^c   Oviedo, Marco Neira ^c   Lacroix, Renaud ^c   Naish, Neil ^c   Morrison, Neil I ^c   Collado, Amandine ^c,d   Stevenson, Jessica ^c   Scaife, Sarah ^c   Dafa'Alla, Tarig ^c   Fu, Guoliang ^c,d   Phillips, Caroline ^c   Miles, Andrea ^c   Raduan, Norzahira ^c,e   Kelly, Nick ^a   Beech, Camilla ^c   Donnelly, Christl A ^f   Petrie, William D ^a   Alphey, Luke ^c,d   more..

^a Mosquito Research and Control Unit   (Cayman Islands)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BIOENGINEERING; LETTER; MALE STERILITY; MATING; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POPULATION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SIMULATION; TRANSGENE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC MARKERS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84864603728     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2350     Document Type: Letter

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