Influence of public hesitancy and receptivity on reactive behaviours towards releases of male Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes for dengue control.

• Main Authors: May O Lwin (Author), Zoe Ong (Author), Chitra Panchapakesan (Author), Anita Sheldenkar (Author), Li Ting Soh (Author), Irene Chen (Author), Xiaoxi Li (Author), Weixin Niah (Author), Kathryn Vasquez (Author), Shuzhen Sim (Author), Lee-Ching Ng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Singapore, a highly urbanized Asian tropical country that experiences periodic dengue outbreaks, is piloting field releases of male Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with the aim of suppressing urban populations of the primary dengue vector Aedes aegypti. This study proposes and assesses a...