Dispersal of Engineered Male Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Peter Winskill (Author), Danilo O Carvalho (Author), Margareth L Capurro (Author), Luke Alphey (Author), Christl A Donnelly (Author), Andrew R McKemey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 Aed...