Participation of irradiated Anopheles arabiensis males in swarms following field release in Sudan

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ageep, Tellal B ^a   Damiens, David ^b   Alsharif, Bashir ^a   Ahmed, Ayman ^a   Salih, Elwaleed H O ^a   Ahmed, Fayez T A ^a   Diabaté, Abdoulaye ^d   Lees, Rosemary S ^c   Gilles, Jeremie R L ^b   El Sayed, Badria B ^a  

^a TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c Polo d'Innovazione Genomica Genetica e Biologia SCaRL Edificio D 4 piano Polo Unico di Medicina 'Santa Maria della Misericordia'   (Italy)

^d Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Malaria; Mark release recapture; Population estimation; SIT; Sterile insect technique; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT SWARM; IRRADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE STERILIZATION; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SUDAN; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STERILIZATION; SUDAN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84965090746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-484     Document Type: Article

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