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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Review: Improving our knowledge of male mosquito biology in relation to genetic control programmes
Acta Tropica, Volume 132, No. 1, Year 2014
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Description
The enormous burden placed on populations worldwide by mosquito-borne diseases, most notably malaria and dengue, is currently being tackled by the use of insecticides sprayed in residences or applied to bednets, and in the case of dengue vectors through reduction of larval breeding sites or larviciding with insecticides thereof. However, these methods are under threat from, amongst other issues, the development of insecticide resistance and the practical difficulty of maintaining long-term community-wide efforts. The sterile insect technique (SIT), whose success hinges on having a good understanding of the biology and behaviour of the male mosquito, is an additional weapon in the limited arsenal against mosquito vectors. The successful production and release of sterile males, which is the mechanism of population suppression by SIT, relies on the release of mass-reared sterile males able to confer sterility in the target population by mating with wild females. A five year Joint FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project brought together researchers from around the world to investigate the pre-mating conditions of male mosquitoes (physiology and behaviour, resource acquisition and allocation, and dispersal), the mosquito mating systems and the contribution of molecular or chemical approaches to the understanding of male mosquito mating behaviour. A summary of the existing knowledge and the main novel findings of this group is reviewed here, and further presented in the reviews and research articles that form this Acta Tropica special issue. © 2013 International Atomic Energy Agency 2013.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lees, Rosemary Susan
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Knols, Bart G. J.
Netherlands, Wageningen
In2care bv
Bellini, Romeo
Italy, Bologna
Centro Agricoltura Ambiente
Benedict, Mark Quentin
Italy, Perugia
Polo D'innovazione Genomica
Bheecarry, Ambicadutt
Mauritius
Ministry of Health and Quality of Life
Bossin, Hervé Christophe
French Polynesia, Papeete
Institut Louis Malarde
Chadee, Dave D.
Trinidad and Tobago, St Augustine
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Charlwood, J. D.
Denmark, Copenhagen
Dbl -center for Health Research and Development
Dabiré, Roch Kounbobr
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Centre Muraz
Djogbenou, Salako Luc
Benin, Cotonou
University of Abomey-calavi
Egyir-Yawson, Alexander
Ghana, Accra
Csir - Institute for Scientific and Technological Information
Gato, René
Cuba
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri
Gouagna, Louis Clément
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Hassan, Mo'Awia Mukhtar
Sudan, Khartoum
Tropical Medicine Research Institute Sudan
Khan, Shakil Ahmed
Bangladesh, Dhaka
Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Dhaka
Koekemoer, Lizette Leonie
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Health Laboratory Service
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Lempérière, Guy
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Manoukis, Nicholas C.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Usda Agricultural Research Service
Mozūraitis, Raimondas
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
Pitts, R. Jason
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Simard, Frédéric R.
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Gilles, Jérémie Rl L.
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Statistics
Citations: 92
Authors: 22
Affiliations: 21
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.11.005
ISSN:
0001706X
e-ISSN:
18736254
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female