Historical applications of induced sterilisation in field populations of mosquitoes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Research on sterile mosquito technology from 1955 to the 1980s provided a substantial body of knowledge on propagation and release of sterile mosquitoes. Radiation sterilisation and chemosterilisation have been used effectively to induce dominant lethality and th...

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Main Authors: Knols Bart GJ, Robinson Alan S, Benedict Mark Q, Curtis Christopher F, Dame David A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/S2/S2