TY - JOUR AU - Culbert, Nicole J. AU - Somda, Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé AU - Hamidou, Maiga AU - Soma, Dieudonné Diloma AU - Caravantes, Silvana AU - Wallner, Thomas AU - Wadaka, Mamai AU - Yamada, Hanano AU - Bouyer, Jérémy PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/23 TI - A rapid quality control test to foster the development of the sterile insect technique against Anopheles arabiensis JO - Malaria Journal SP - 44 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - With the fight against malaria reportedly stalling there is an urgent demand for alternative and sustainable control measures. As the sterile insect technique (SIT) edges closer to becoming a viable complementary tool in mosquito control, it will be necessary to find standardized techniques of assessing male quality throughout the production system and post-irradiation handling. Flight ability is known to be a direct marker of insect quality. A new version of the reference International Atomic Energy Agency/Food and Agricultural Organization (IAEA/FAO) flight test device (FTD), modified to measure the flight ability and in turn quality of male Anopheles arabiensis within a 2-h period via a series of verification experiments is presented. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-3125-z DO - 10.1186/s12936-020-3125-z ID - Culbert2020 ER -