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Title:   Author  item
                                            LEES, ROSEMARY - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)item
                                            KNOLS, BART - Wageningen Universityitem
                                            BELLINI, ROMEO - Environment Agriculture Center(CAA) G Nicoliitem
                                            BENEDICT, MARK - Universita Di Perugiaitem
                                            BHEECARRY, AMBICADUTT - Ministry Of Health And Quality Of Lifeitem
                                            BOSSIN, HERVE - Institut Louis Malardeitem
                                            CHADEE, DAVE - Cocoa Research Unit - Trinidaditem
                                            CHARLWOOD, JACQUES - Dbl Institute For Health Research And Developmentitem
                                            DABIRE, ROCH -  Centre Muraz Organisation De Cooperation Et De Coordination Pour La Lutte Contre Les Grandes Endemiitem
                                            DJOGBENOU, LUC - Universite` D` Abomey-Calaviitem
                                            EGYIR-YAWSON, ALEXANDER - Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAECGH)item
                                            GATO, RENE - Instituto De Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouriitem
                                            GIBSON, GABRIELLA - University Of Greenwichitem
                                            GOUAGNA, LOUIS - Institute For Research And Development In Agri-Environment(IRDA)item
                                            HASSAN, MOAWIA - Tropical Medicine Research Instituteitem
                                            KHAN, SHAKIL - Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commissionitem
                                            KOEKEMOER, LIZETTE - National Institute For Communicable Diseases (NICD)item
                                            LEMPERIERE, GUY - Institute For Research And Development In Agri-Environment(IRDA)item
                                            Manoukis, Nicholasitem
                                            MOZURAITIS, RAIMONDAS - Royal Institute Of Technology - Swedenitem
                                            PITTS, JASON - Vanderbilt Universityitem
                                            SIMARD, FREDERIC - Institut De Recherche En Sciencies De La Santeitem
                                            GILLES, JEREMIE - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  Submitted to: ACTA TROPICA
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 12/1/2013
                                    Publication  Date: 1/1/2014
                                    Citation: Lees, R.S., Knols, B., Bellini, R., Benedict, M., Bheecarry, A., Bossin, H.C., Chadee, D., Charlwood, J., Dabire, R.K., Djogbenou, L., Egyir-Yawson, A., Gato, R., Gibson, G., Gouagna, L.C., Hassan, M.M., Khan, S.A., Koekemoer, L., Lemperiere, G., Manoukis, N., Mozuraitis, R., Pitts, J., Simard, F., Gilles, J. 2014. Increasing our knowledge of male mosquito biology in relation to genetic control programmes. ACTA TROPICA. 132(S):2-11.Interpretive Summary: An FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project brought international scientists together to research the mating biology and behaviour of male mosquitoes; the results form the basis of this special issue.
                                Technical Abstract: The enormous burden placed on populations worldwide by mosquito-borne diseases, most notably malaria and dengue, is currently being tackled by the use of insecticides sprayed in residences or applied to bednets, and in the case of dengue vectors through reduction of larval breeding sites. However, these methods are under threat from, amongst other issues, the development of insecticide resistance and the practical difficulty of maintaining long term community-wide efforts. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is proposed as a further weapon in the limited arsenal against mosquito vectors, whose success hinges on having a good understanding of the biology and behaviour of the male mosquito, which may be species specific or even vary by specific locality. The production and release of sterile males, which is the mechanism of population suppression by SIT, relies on the mass-reared released males being able to confer sterility in the target population through mating with wild females. A five year joint FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project brought together researchers from around the world to investigate the pre-mating conditions of the male mosquito (physiology and behaviour, resource acquisition and allocation, and dispersal), the mosquito mating systems and the contribution of molecular or chemical approaches to the understanding of male mosquito mating behaviour. A summary of the existing knowledge and main novel findings of this group is reviewed here, and further presented in the reviews and research articles which form this Acta Tropica special issue.


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