Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Sterile insect technique (SIT) against Aedes species mosquitoes: A roadmap and good practice framework for designing, implementing and evaluating pilot field trials
Insects, Volume 12, No. 3, Article 191, Year 2021
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti are invasive mosquito species that impose a substantial risk to human health. To control the abundance and spread of these arboviral pathogen vectors, the sterile insect technique (SIT) is emerging as a powerful complement to most commonly-used approaches, in part, because this technique is ecologically benign, specific, and non-persistent in the environment if releases are stopped. Because SIT and other similar vector control strategies are becoming of increasing interest to many countries, we offer here a pragmatic and accessible ‘roadmap’ for the pre-pilot and pilot phases to guide any interested party. This will support stakeholders, nonspecialist scientists, implementers, and decision-makers. Applying these concepts will ensure, given adequate resources, a sound basis for local field trialing and for developing experience with the technique in readiness for potential operational deployment. This synthesis is based on the available literature, in addition to the experience and current knowledge of the expert contributing authors in this field. We describe a typical path to successful pilot testing, with the four concurrent development streams of Laboratory, Field, Stakeholder Relations, and the Business and Compliance Case. We provide a graphic framework with criteria that must be met in order to proceed. © 2021 by the authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Oliva, Clélia F.
Unknown Affiliation
Benedict, Mark Quentin
United States, Atlanta
Mosquito Hunters
Collins, C. Matilda Tilly
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Baldet, Thierry
France, Paris
Cirad
Bellini, Romeo
Unknown Affiliation
Bossin, Hervé Christophe
Unknown Affiliation
Bouyer, Je´re´my
France, Paris
Cirad
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Corbel, Vincent
France, Montpellier
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle
Facchinelli, Luca
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Fouque, Florence
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Geier, Martin
Unknown Affiliation
Michaelakis, Αntonios N.
Greece, Athens
Benaki Phytopathological Institute
Roiz, David
France, Montpellier
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle
Simard, Frédéric R.
France, Montpellier
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle
Gouagna, Louis Clément
France, Montpellier
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle
Statistics
Citations: 37
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/insects12030191
ISSN:
20754450
Research Areas
Cancer