Colonized Aedes albopictus and its sexual performance in the wild: Implications for SIT technology and containment

• Main Authors: Dieng, Hamady, Norrafiza, Binti Ruslan, Abu Hassan, Ahmad, Che Salmah, Md Rawi, Hamdan, Ahmad, Tomomitsu, Satho, Fumio, Miake, Wan, Fatma Zuharah, Yuki, Fukumitsu, Ahmad Ramli, Saad, Sudha, Rajasaygar, Ronald Enrique, Morales Vargas, Abdul Hafiz, Ab Majid, Nik, Fadzly, Idris, Abd Ghani, Sazaly, AbuBakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9818/1/Dieng.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9818/; http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/6/1/206

Abstract BACKGROUND: Mating is a physiological process of crucial importance underlying the size and maintenance of mosquito populations. In sterile and incompatible insect technologies (SIT and IIT), mating is essential for mass production, persistence, and success of released individuals, and is...