ArticleCommunications biology2022
A standalone incompatible insect technique enables mosquito suppression in the urban subtropics.
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- Wolbachia-carrying Aedes mosquitoes for preventing dengue infection.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Can the leafhopper microbiome unlock new strategies for its control?Journal of economic entomology · 2026Review
- "Water? WhichInsects · 2026Article
- EliminatingInsects · 2026Article
- Spatial Dynamics and Sterilization Range of IncompatibleTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- ModellingJournal of pest science · 2026Article
- The inhibition mechanism ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Advances in male sex separation for the support of mosquito control programs.Frontiers in insect science · 2026Review
- Outdoor biting by malaria vectors: what are the options for intervention?Malaria journal · 2025Review
- Enhanced mosquito sex separation using NaCl for optimised sterile insect technique and incompatible insect technique programmes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Production and shipment of wolbachia-infected eggs allows the control of aedes albopictus through the incompatible insect technique on a remote island.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Ecological dynamics of field Aedes albopictus populations under Wolbachia-mediated suppression.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Optimizing Aedes albopictus rearing: effects of insect- and bacteria-based larval diets on immature and adult performance.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Symbiotic Bacterial Profile of Laboratory-Reared and Field-CaughtMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- ExploitingPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Development of the Incompatible Insect Technique targetingApplied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
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- Wolbachia incompatible insect technique program optimization over large spatial scales using a process-based model of mosquito metapopulation dynamics.BMC biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The strong suppression of Aedes albopictus on two Guangzhou islands in China has been successfully achieved by releasing males with an artificial triple-Wolbachia infection. However, it requires the use of radiation to sterilize residual females to prevent population replacement. To develop a highly effective tool for dengue control, we tested a standalone incompatible insect technique (IIT) to control A. albopictus in the urban area of Changsha, an inland city where dengue recently emerged. Male mosquitoes were produced in a mass rearing facility in Guangzhou and transported over 670 km under low temperature to the release site. After a once-per-week release with high numbers of males (phase I) and a subsequent twice-per-week release with low numbers of males (phase II), the average numbers of hatched eggs and female adults collected weekly per trap were reduced by 97% and 85%, respectively. The population suppression caused a 94% decrease in mosquito biting at the release site compared to the control site. Remarkably, this strong suppression was achieved using only 28% of the number of males released in a previous trial. Despite the lack of irradiation to sterilize residual females, no triple-infected mosquitoes were detected in the field post release based on the monitoring of adult and larval A. albopictus populations for two years, indicating that population replacement was prevented. Our results support the feasibility of implementing a standalone IIT for dengue control in urban areas.
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