Cytoplasmic incompatibility management to support Incompatible Insect Technique against Aedes albopictus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The transinfection of the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia provides a method to produce functionally sterile males to be used to suppress mosquito vectors. ARwP is a wPip Wolbachia infected Aedes albopictus which exhibits a bidirectional incompatibility pattern with wild-types. We coupled a modelistic approach with laboratory experiments to test ARwP as a control tool and evaluate the possible occurrence of population replacement following the release of ARwP females in a wild-type (S_ANG) population. Repeated male-only releases were simulated and tested in the laboratory in comparison with releases contaminated with 1% ARwP females. Model simulations also investigated how migration affects the outcome of contaminated releases. Finally, the mean level of egg f

SUBMITTER: Moretti R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304776 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature