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Boosting the sterile insect technique to control mosquitoes

Bouyer J., Lefrançois T.. 2014. Trends in Parasitology, 30 (6) : p. 271-273.

DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.04.002

Mosquitoes are vectors of major diseases. Auto-dissem-ination recently proved very efficient to control Aedes species, using adult females contaminated with dissem-ination stations of juvenile hormone to treat breeding habitats, but cannot be used at large scales. Here we propose to combine it to the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to create a new control concept, named 'boosted SIT' that might enable the area-wide eradication of mosquitoes and many other vectors and insect pests.

Mots-clés : aedes aegypti; aedes albopictus; méthode de lutte; stérilisation; vecteur de maladie; virus; reproduction sexuée; dynamique des populations; contrôle de maladies; sénégal; arbovirose

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