Mass Production of Genetically Modified <em>Aedes aegypti</em> for Field Releases in Brazil

Danilo O. Carvalho; Derric Nimmo; Neil Naish; Andrew R. McKemey; Pam Gray; Andr&#233; B. B. Wilke; Mauro T. Marrelli; Jair F. Virginio; Luke Alphey; Margareth L. Capurro

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Mass Production of Genetically Modified Aedes aegypti for Field Releases in Brazil

Mass Production of Genetically Modified Aedes aegypti for Field Releases in Brazil

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January 04, 2014

DOI:

10.3791/3579-v

DOI:

10.3791/3579-v

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17:41 min

January 04, 2014

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Danilo O. Carvalho^1,2, Derric Nimmo¹, Neil Naish¹, Andrew R. McKemey¹, Pam Gray¹, André B. B. Wilke³, Mauro T. Marrelli³, Jair F. Virginio⁴, Luke Alphey^1,5, Margareth L. Capurro^2,6

¹Oxitec Ltd, ²Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas,Universidade de São Paulo, ³Departamento de Epidemiologia,Universidade de São Paulo, ⁴Moscamed Brasil, ⁵Deptartment of Zoology,University of Oxford, ⁶Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM)

Summary

To achieve population suppression of Aedes aegypti using the RIDL^® (Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal) system, large numbers of male mosquitoes need to be released. This requires the use of mass rearing techniques and technology to provide reliable systems to obtain the maximum number of high quality male mosquitoes.

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