Sterile Insect Technique to Combat Dengue

Abstract

Overview on DengueThe Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads dengue fever, which at conservative estimate infects 50 million people a year. WHO has categorized it under Neglected Tropical Diseases. Dengue flourishes in urban poor areas, suburbs and the countryside but also affects more affluent neighborhoods in tropical and subtropical countries. How Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) works for dengueFor decades Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been used in agriculture to eradicate disease-causing insects. The aim is implement the use of this technique in combating Dengue.The Sterile Insect Technique Control Program is the system through which genetically