Article
Field competitiveness of <i>Aedes albopictus</i> [Diptera: Culicidae] irradiated males in pilot Sterile Insect Technique trials in Northern Italy
2020-09-26
Abstract excerpt
Vector-borne diseases account for 17% of infectious diseases, leading to more than one million deaths each year. Mosquitoes are responsible for 90% of the casualties and alternative control methods to insecticides are urgently needed, especially against Aedes vectors. Aedes albopictus is a particularly important species, causing major public health problems because it is a vector of several arboviruses and has a...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3faa362c-1230-542b-b5b4-8050af5b9c3a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.09.25.313544
