Radiation biology of mosquitoes

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Irradiation studies on male Anopheles pupae (P) or adults (A) and mating irradiated males (I ♂) with un-irradiated females (U ♀). Information partly from IDIDAS Database [91]

Species	Stage	Age (hrs)	Dose-range	Induced sterility		Ref.
				Dose	I♂ × U♀
An. albimanus	P	< 24	20-80	50	84.3	[22]
				80	100
An. arabiensis	P	23-27		120	99.6	[39]
	A	< 16		120	99.4	[39]
	A	n.r.		40	75.0	[55]
	P	< 24	25-100	50	76.0	[56]
				80	91.0
				100	98.6
	A	< 24	25-100	50	71.7	[56]
				80	96.7
				100	98.1
An. gambiae s.s.	P	0-7		120	99.5	[47]
		24-32		120	99.5
	A	< 24		120	99.5
		> 24		120	99.6
	P	22-27		120	78-94	[39]
	A	< 24		80	91
				120	99.3
	A	24-48		45	87.4	[24]
An. pharoensis	P	24	50-80	50	95.8¹	[37]
				80	98.7¹
	P	24		120	100¹	[41]
	A	72	5-50	30	76.5	[25]
				50	96.8
An. quadrimaculatus	P	24		118	100	[42]
An. stephensi	P	4-28	10-120	50	80.3*	[57]
				80	97.2*
				120	99.1*
	P	0-7		120	98.1	[47]
		24-32		120	98.4
	A	< 24		120	98.1
		> 24		120	98.2
	A	< 24		120	97.5	[39]
	A	60	10-80	50	87.4	[58]
				80	96.5

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