Open field release of genetically engineered sterile male Aedes aegypti in Malaysia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Lacroix, Renaud ^a,b   McKemey, Andrew R ^b   Raduan, Norzahira ^a,c   Kwee Wee, Lim ^c   Hong Ming, Wong ^c   Guat Ney, Teoh ^c   Siti Rahidah, A A ^c   Salman, Sawaluddin ^c   Subramaniam, Selvi ^c   Nordin, Oreenaiza ^c   Norhaida Hanum, A T ^c   Angamuthu, Chandru ^c   Marlina Mansor, Suria ^c   Lees, Rosemary S ^d   Naish, Neil ^b   Scaife, Sarah ^b   Gray, Pam ^b   Labbé, Geneviève ^b   Beech, Camilla ^b   Nimmo, Derric ^b   Alphey, Luke ^b,e   Vasan, Seshadri S ^a,d   Han Lim, Lee ^c   Wasi A , Nazni ^c   Murad, Shahnaz ^c   more..

^a Oxitec Sendirian Berhad ^*  (Malaysia)

^b OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC REGULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISPERSAL; WILD TYPE;

AEDES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84865421148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042771     Document Type: Article

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