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Efficient production of male Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes enables large-scale suppression of wild populations
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-04-2020)“…The range of the mosquito Aedes aegypti continues to expand, putting more than two billion people at risk of arboviral infection. The sterile insect technique…”
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A holistic approach for suppression of COVID-19 spread in workplaces and universities
Published in PloS one (12-08-2021)“…As society has moved past the initial phase of the COVID-19 crisis that relied on broad-spectrum shutdowns as a stopgap method, industries and institutions…”
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A Novel Methodology For Recording Wing Beat Frequencies of Untethered Male and Female Aedes aegypti
Published in Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (01-09-2019)“…is a vector of many significant arboviruses worldwide, including dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever viruses. With vector control methodology pivoting…”
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Mark-release-recapture of male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Use of rhodamine B to estimate movement, mating and population parameters in preparation for an incompatible male program
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2021)“…Rapid advances in biological and digital support systems are revolutionizing the population control of invasive disease vectors such as Aedes aegypti . Methods…”
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Use of rhodamine B to mark the body and seminal fluid of male Aedes aegypti for mark-release-recapture experiments and estimating efficacy of sterile male releases
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (28-09-2017)“…Recent interest in male-based sterile insect technique (SIT) and incompatible insect technique (IIT) to control Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus populations…”
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Outcomes from international field trials with Male Aedes Sound Traps: Frequency-dependent effectiveness in capturing target species in relation to bycatch abundance
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (25-02-2021)“…Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus vector dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses. With both species expanding their global distributions at alarming rates,…”
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Waterproof, low-cost, long-battery-life sound trap for surveillance of male Aedes aegypti for rear-and-release mosquito control programmes
Published in Parasites & vectors (06-09-2019)“…Sterile male rear-and-release programmes are of growing interest for controlling Aedes aegypti, including use an "incompatible insect technique" (IIT) to…”
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Environmental influences on Aedes aegypti catches in Biogents Sentinel traps during a Californian “rear and release” program: Implications for designing surveillance programs
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2020)“…As Aedes aegypti continues to expand its global distribution, the diseases it vectors (dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever) are of increasing concern…”
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Author Correction: Efficient production of male Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes enables large-scale suppression of wild populations
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-08-2020)“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Designing Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Traps: The Evolution of the Male Aedes Sound Trap by Iterative Evaluation
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (27-04-2021)“…Effective surveillance of (Linnaeus, Diptera: Culicidae) is critical to monitoring the impact of vector control measures when mitigating disease transmission…”
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Releasing incompatible males drives strong suppression across populations of wild and Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti in Australia
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-10-2021)“…Releasing sterile or incompatible male insects is a proven method of population management in agricultural systems with the potential to revolutionize mosquito…”
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A Low-Powered and Highly Selective Trap for Male Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Surveillance: The Male Aedes Sound Trap
Published in Journal of medical entomology (01-01-2021)“…As Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, Diptera: Culicidae) expands its global distribution and vectors a range of debilitating arboviruses there is an increased need for…”
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Reply to: Assessing the efficiency of Verily’s automated process for production and release of male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes
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Mark-release-recapture of male Aedes aegypti
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (07-06-2021)“…Rapid advances in biological and digital support systems are revolutionizing the population control of invasive disease vectors such as Aedes aegypti. Methods…”
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Effect of BG-Lures on the Male Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Sound Trap Capture Rates
Published in Journal of medical entomology (01-11-2021)“…With global expansion of the two main vectors of dengue, Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse, Diptera: Culicidae), there…”
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Investigating Male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Attraction to Different Oviposition Containers Using Various Configurations of the Sound Gravid Aedes Trap
Published in Journal of medical entomology (04-05-2020)“…Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus), the primary vectors of the arboviruses dengue virus and Zika virus, continue to expand their global distributions. In efforts to…”
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Trap Location and Premises Condition Influences on Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Catches Using Biogents Sentinel Traps During a ‘Rear and Release’ Program: Implications for Designing Surveillance Programs
Published in Journal of medical entomology (01-07-2019)“…As the incidence of arboviral diseases such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever increases globally, controlling their primary vector, Aedes aegypti…”
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Improving Estimates of Fried’s Index from Mating Competitiveness Experiments
Published in Journal of agricultural, biological, and environmental statistics (01-12-2018)“…Sterile insect technique (SIT) and incompatible insect technique (IIT) are current methods for biological control of insect populations. Critical to the…”
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Error thresholds for quasispecies on dynamic fitness landscapes
Published in Physical review letters (03-01-2000)“…In this paper we investigate error thresholds on dynamic fitness landscapes. We show that there exists both a lower and an upper threshold, representing limits…”
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Optimal Mutation Rates in Dynamic Environments
Published in Bulletin of mathematical biology (01-11-2002)“…In this paper, we study the evolution of the mutation rate for simple organisms in dynamic environments. A model based on explicit population dynamics at the…”
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