A reduce and replace strategy for suppressing vector-borne diseases: insights from a deterministic model.

Genetic approaches for controlling disease vectors have aimed either to reduce wild-type populations or to replace wild-type populations with insects that cannot transmit pathogens. Here, we propose a Reduce and Replace (R&R) strategy in which released insects have both female-killing and anti-p...

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Main Authors: Michael A Robert, Kenichi Okamoto, Alun L Lloyd, Fred Gould
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3762895?pdf=render