A Reduce and Replace Strategy for Suppressing Vector-Borne Diseases: Insights from a Deterministic Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Robert, Michael A ^a   Okamoto, Kenichi ^a   Lloyd, Alun L ^a,b   Gould, Fred ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERMINISTIC MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; FITNESS COST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; REDUCE AND REPLACE STRATEGY; TRANSGENE; VECTOR BORNE DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883441729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073233     Document Type: Article

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