Incompatible Aedes aegypti male releases as an intervention to reduce mosquito population-A field trial in Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT: Mosquito-transmitted viruses such as dengue are a global and growing public health challenge. Without widely available vaccines, mosquito control is the primary tool for fighting the spread of these viruses. New mosquito control technologies are needed to complement existing methods, given current challenges with scalability, acceptability, and effectiveness. A field trial was conducted in collaboration with the Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses project in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to measure entomological and epidemiological effects of reducing Aedes aegypti populations using Wolbachia incompatible insect technique. We packed and shipped Wolbachia-males from California and released them into 19 treatment clusters from September 2020 to December 2020. Preliminary evaluation revealed s

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Gonzalez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11785262 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature