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The sterile insect technique (SIT) may offer a means to control the transmission of mosquito borne diseases. SIT involves the release of male insects that have been sterilized by exposure to ionizing radiation. We determined the effects of different doses of radiation on the survival and reproductive capacity of local strains of  Aedes aegypti  and  Ae .  albopictus  in southern Mexico. The survival of irradiated pupae was invariably greater than 90% and did not differ significantly in either sex for either species. Irradiation had no significant adverse effects on the flight ability (capacity to fly out of a test device) of male mosquitoes, which consistently exceeded 91% in  Ae .  aegypti  and 96% in  Ae .  albopictus . The average number of eggs laid per female was significantly reduced in  Ae .  aegypti  at doses of 15 and 30 Gy and no eggs were laid by females that had been exposed to 50 Gy. Similarly, in  Ae .  albopictus , egg production was reduced at doses of 15 and 25 Gy and was eliminated at 35 Gy. In  Ae .  aegypti , fertility in males was eliminated at 70 Gy and was eliminated at 30 Gy in females, whereas in  Ae .  albopictus , the fertility of males that mated with untreated females was almost zero (0.1%) in the 50 Gy treatment and female fertility was eliminated at 35 Gy. Irradiation treatments resulted in reduced ovary length and fewer follicles in both species. The adult median survival time of both species was reduced by irradiation in a dose-dependent manner. However, sterilizing doses of 35 Gy and 50 Gy resulted in little reduction in survival times of males of  Ae .  albopictus  and  Ae .  aegypti , respectively, indicating that these doses should be suitable for future evaluations of SIT-based control of these species. The results of the present study will be applied to studies of male sexual competitiveness and to stepwise evaluations of the sterile insect technique for population suppression of these vectors in Mexico.

Optimization of irradiation dose to Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus in a sterile insect technique program