Mass irradiation of adult Aedes mosquitoes using a coolable 3D printed canister.

ABSTRACT: In the last decade, the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to suppress mosquito vectors have rapidly expanded in many countries facing the complexities of scaling up production and procedures to sustain large-scale operational programs. While many solutions have been proposed to improve mass production, sex separation and field release procedures, relatively little attention has been devoted to effective mass sterilization of mosquitoes. Since irradiation of pupae en masse has proven difficult to standardise with several variables affecting dose response uniformity, the manipulation of adult mosquitoes appears to be the most promising method to achieve effective and reliable sterilization of large quantities of mosquitoes. A 3D-printed phase change material based coolable canister w

SUBMITTER: Balestrino F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884024 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature