Suppression of a field population of Aedes aegypti in Brazil by sustained release of transgenic male mosquitoes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Carvalho, Danilo O ^a,b   McKemey, Andrew R ^a   Garziera, Luiza ^c   Lacroix, Renaud ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^d   Alphey, Luke ^a,e,f   Malavasi, Aldo ^c   Capurro, Margareth L ^b,g  

^a OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Moscamed Brasil ^*  (Brazil)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^g Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular INCT EM CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVITRAP; OX513A CELL LINE; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; REARING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAZIL; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84938787080     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003864     Document Type: Article

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