{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(2)"],"submitter":["Lampazzi E"],"pubmed_abstract":["The Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) is a species-specific, eco-friendly mosquito control method that relies on releasing <i>Wolbachia</i>-infected males, which induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), rendering eggs inviable when mating with wild females. Aiming at optimizing IIT protocols in terms of cost-effectiveness, data on incompatible male dispersal and survival and the distance- and time-related impact of induced sterility are fundamental. This study plans to fill this gap and reports findings from a two-year field trial (2022-2023) at the ENEA-Casaccia Research Center, based on single-spot releases of incompatible <i>Aedes albopictus</i> males (AR<i>w</i>P strain). Male releases were carried out in late September 2022 (~15,000 released males) and the early <i>Ae. albopictus</i"],"journal":["Tropical medicine and infectious disease"],"pagination":["45"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12944944"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Spatial Dynamics and Sterilization Range of Incompatible &lt;i&gt;Aedes albopictus&lt;/i&gt; Males: Advancing Toward an Optimized IIT Approach."],"pmcid":["PMC12944944"],"pubmed_authors":["Caputo B","Moretti R","Santarelli G","Virgillito C","Lombardi G","Lampazzi E","Calvitti M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Spatial Dynamics and Sterilization Range of Incompatible &lt;i&gt;Aedes albopictus&lt;/i&gt; Males: Advancing Toward an Optimized IIT Approach.","description":"The Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) is a species-specific, eco-friendly mosquito control method that relies on releasing <i>Wolbachia</i>-infected males, which induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), rendering eggs inviable when mating with wild females. Aiming at optimizing IIT protocols in terms of cost-effectiveness, data on incompatible male dispersal and survival and the distance- and time-related impact of induced sterility are fundamental. This study plans to fill this gap and reports findings from a two-year field trial (2022-2023) at the ENEA-Casaccia Research Center, based on single-spot releases of incompatible <i>Aedes albopictus</i> males (AR<i>w</i>P strain). Male releases were carried out in late September 2022 (~15,000 released males) and the early <i>Ae. albopictus</i","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-07-10T03:24:13.835Z","creation":"2026-07-10T03:16:40.92Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12944944","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41746015"],"doi":["10.3390/tropicalmed11020045"]}}