Modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reared in laboratories are being released around the
world to control wild mosquito populations and the diseases they transmit. Several efforts …

Background Evaluating and improving mating success and competitive ability of laboratory-
reared transgenic mosquito strains will enhance the effectiveness of proposed disease …

Background Genetic modification of mosquitoes offers a promising strategy for the
prevention and control of mosquito-borne diseases. For such a strategy to be effective, it is …

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity is particularly important to organisms with developmental
cycles that undergo ontogenetic niche shifts that differentially subject individual life stages to …

Transgenic strains of Aedes aegypti have been engineered to help control transmission of
dengue virus. Although resources have been invested in developing the strains, we lack …

This review summarizes results of field trials for the genetic control of Aedes aegypti
conducted in coastal Kenyan villages in 1974-75. Two separate releases, in dry and wet …

Local adaptation is important when predicting arthropod‐borne disease risk because of its
impacts on vector population fitness and persistence. However, the extent that vector …

Although Aëdes aegypti shows extensive physiological, bionomic and morphological
variation in different populations, the genetic basis for this variation has never been …

Background Control of the world's most important vector-borne viral disease, dengue, is a
high priority. A lack of vaccines or effective vector control methods means that novel …

The idea of implementing genetics-based insect control strategies modelled on the
traditional SIT (Sterile Insect Technique), such as RIDL (Release of Insects carrying a …