title: Boosting the sterile insect technique to control mosquitoes.
abstract: Mosquitoes are vectors of major diseases. Auto-dissemination recently proved very efficient to control Aedes species, using adult females contaminated with dissemination stations of juvenile hormone to treat breeding habitats, but cannot be used at large scales. Here we propose to combine it to the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to create a new control concept, named 'boosted SIT' that might enable the area-wide eradication of mosquitoes and many other vectors and insect pests.
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), 34398, Montpellier, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 1309 Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 34398, Montpellier, France; Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Laboratoire National d'Elevage et de Recherches Vétérinaires, BP 2057, Dakar - Hann, Sénégal. Electronic address: bouyer@cirad.fr.
authors.forename: Jérémy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouyer
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), 34398, Montpellier, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 1309 Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 34398, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefrançois
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D005260:Female; D007246:Infertility / Q000139:chemically induced; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing
chemical_list: D011725:Pyridines; C055613:pyriproxyfen