Assessing the efficiency of Verily's automated process for production and release of male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes

Bouyer Jérémy, Maiga Hamidou, Vreysen Marc J.B.. 2022. Assessing the efficiency of Verily's automated process for production and release of male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes. Nature Biotechnology, 40 : 1441-1442.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-022-01324-z

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Résumé : A paper by Crawford et al.1 titled 'Efficient production of male Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes enables large-scale suppression of wild populations' reports a mosquito control suppression trial carried out from 2017 to 2018 in Fresco Country, California, USA1. Between 7.5 million and 14.4 million Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes were released during the study, which achieved suppression rates of 69% and 95%, respectively. Although the work provided important insights for future Aedes genetic control programs—particularly the information on the immigration of fertile females into release areas—the paper contains several omissions and errors. Below, we discuss how these relate to three main areas: regulatory oversight, entomological efficiency and, finally, cost efficiency.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Aedes aegypti, lâcher d'insectes stériles, Wolbachia, lutte anti-insecte

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : États-Unis d'Amérique, Californie

Mots-clés libres : Incompatible Insect Technique, Technique de l'insecte stérile

Classification Agris : L72 - Organismes nuisibles des animaux

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 4 (2019-) - Santé des plantes, des animaux et des écosystèmes

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