Dispersal of Engineered Male Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aedes aegypti, the principal vector of dengue fever, have been genetically engineered for use in a sterile insect control programme. To improve our understanding of the dispersal ecology of mosquitoes and to inform appropriate release strategies of 'genetically sterile' male Aedes aegypti detailed knowledge of the dispersal ability of the released insects is needed.

Methodology/principal findings

The dispersal ability of released 'genetically sterile' male Aedes aegypti at a field site in Brazil has been estimated. Dispersal kernels embedded within a generalized linear model framework were used to analyse data collected from three large scale mark release recapture studies. The methodology has been applied to previously published dispersal data to compare the disp

SUBMITTER: Winskill P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4640874 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature