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The effect of the radio-protective agents ethanol, trimethylglycine, and beer on survival of X-ray-sterilized male Aedes aegypti

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, July 2013
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

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Title
The effect of the radio-protective agents ethanol, trimethylglycine, and beer on survival of X-ray-sterilized male Aedes aegypti
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, July 2013
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-6-211
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Authors

Stacy D Rodriguez, Ramaninder K Brar, Lisa L Drake, Hannah E Drumm, David P Price, John I Hammond, Jacob Urquidi, Immo A Hansen

Abstract

Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been successfully implemented to control, and in some cases, eradicate, dipteran insect populations. SIT has great potential as a mosquito control method. Different sterilization methods have been used on mosquitoes ranging from chemosterilization to genetically modified sterile male mosquito strains; however, sterilization with ionizing radiation is the method of choice for effective sterilization of male insects for most species. The lack of gentle radiation methods has resulted in significant complications when SIT has been applied to mosquitoes. Several studies report that irradiating mosquitoes resulted in a decrease in longevity and mating success compared to unirradiated males. The present study explored new protocols for mosquito sterilization with ionizing radiation that minimized detrimental effects on the longevity of irradiated males.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 3%
Germany 1 3%
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 37 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 23%
Researcher 7 18%
Student > Master 4 10%
Other 3 8%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Other 5 13%
Unknown 9 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 10%
Environmental Science 3 8%
Social Sciences 3 8%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 10 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2018.
All research outputs
#2,093,116
of 22,714,025 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#369
of 5,441 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#19,079
of 196,607 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#7
of 57 outputs
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