Publications by authors named "Gustavo S Herranz"
Reducing the cost and assessing the performance of a novel adult mass-rearing cage for the dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika vector, Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus).
Hamidou Maïga Wadaka Mamai Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda Anna Konczal Thomas Wallner Gustavo Salvador Herranz
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
September 2019
Article Synopsis
- Resistance to insecticides for controlling Aedes mosquitoes is increasing, making traditional methods ineffective, and highlighting the need for alternative techniques like the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT).
- A prototype low-cost plexiglass mass-rearing cage was developed to improve the egg production and hatch rates when compared to existing stainless-steel options, alongside an adult-index to estimate mosquito survival rates.
- The prototype cage outperformed the stainless-steel cage in egg production and hatch rates, is more affordable, easy to handle, and supports more efficient mosquito rearing.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFVector-borne diseases are responsible for more than one million deaths per year. Alternative methods of mosquito control to insecticides such as genetic control techniques are thus urgently needed. In genetic techniques involving the release of sterile insects, it is critical to release insects of high quality.
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