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In the fight against vector-borne arboviruses, an important strategy of control of epidemic consists in controlling the population of vector, \textit{Aedes} mosquitoes in this case. Among possible actions, two techniques consist in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-18 Luís Almeida , Michel Duprez , Yannick Privat , Nicolas Vauchelet

Sterile insect technique has been successfully applied in the control of agricultural pests, however, it has a limited ability to control mosquitoes. A promising alternative approach is Trojan Y Chromosome strategy, which works by…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2022-05-31 Jingjing Lyu , Musong Gu , Sheng Wang

The control of a mosquito population using the sterile insect technique is considered. Building on a model-based approach, where the control input is the release rate of sterilized males, we propose a non-negative backstepping control law…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Andrea Cristofaro , Luca Rossi

The implementation of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to manage a target population has been the focus of numerous recent scientific studies. The present work focuses on a feedback law that depends linearly on the state variables of the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Kala Agbo Bidi

Mosquitoes are vectors of numerous diseases; a strategy to fight the spread of these diseases is to control the vector population. In this article, we focus on the use of the sterile insect technique. Starting from a reaction-diffusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Luís Almeida , Alexis Léculier , Nga Nguyen , Nicolas Vauchelet

In order to prevent the propagation of human diseases transmitted by mosquitoes (such as dengue or zika), one possible solution is to act directly on the mosquito population. In this work, we consider an invasive species (the mosquitoes)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-22 Luis Almeida , Alexis Leculier , Nicolas Vauchelet

The sterile insect technique controls mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and yellow fever through either eradication or depressing the associated vector population. We formulate a three-dimensional delayed mosquito population…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Ruqaya Hussein , Sergey Kryzhevich , Khosro Tajbakhsh

Aedes Aegypti is the vector of several deadly diseases, including Zika. Effective and sustainable vector control measures must be deployed to keep A. aegypti numbers under control. The distribution of A. Aegypti is subject to spatial and…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2016-08-05 Chathika Gunaratne , Mustafa Ilhan Akbas , Ivan Garibay , Ozlem Ozmen

Mosquitoes are vectors of viral diseases with epidemic potential in many regions of the world, and in absence of vaccines or therapies, their control is the main alternative. Chemical control through insecticides has been one of the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2021-04-07 Pastor Pérez Estigarribia , Pierre-Alexandre Bliman , Christian Schaerer

In a study conducted in Singapore, a country prone to dengue outbreaks due to its climate and urban population, researchers examined the effectiveness of releasing male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia (wAlbB strain) to…

Recently, the RIDL-SIT technology has been field-tested for control of Aedes aegypti. The technique consists of releasing genetically modified mosquitoes carrying a "lethal gene". In 2016 the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2020-06-02 Mario A. Natiello , Hernán G. Solari

\textit{Aedes albopictus} mosquitoes are competent vectors for the spread of at least 24 different arboviruses, including dengue, Ross River, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. However, they remain less studied than their more urban…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2025-04-04 Matthew Ryan , Manuela Mendiolar , Dan Pagendam , Roslyn Hickson , Brendan Trewin

This paper focuses on the feedback global stabilization and observer construction for a sterile insect technique model. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is one of the most ecological methods for controlling insect pests responsible for…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-12-13 Kala Agbo Bidi

Aedes aegypti is known as the responsible vector transmitting dengue flavivirus. Unavailability of medication to cure the transmission of the virus in the human blood becomes a global health issue in recent decades. World epidemiologists…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2017-12-04 Karunia Putra Wijaya , Thomas Goetz , Edy Soewono

The model considers the human population, the adult mosquito population and the population of immature stages, which includes eggs, larvae and pupae. The model also considers the vertical transmission of dengue in the mosquitoes and the…

Biological control strategies against mosquito-borne diseases--such as the sterile insect technique (SIT), RIDL, and Wolbachia-based releases--require reliable estimates of dispersal and survival of released males. We propose a…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2025-10-13 Nga Nguyen , Olivier Bonnefon , René Gato , Luis Almeida , Lionel Roques

In this article, we consider a simplified model of time dynamics for a mosquito population subject to the artificial introduction of {\itshape Wolbachia}-infected mosquitoes, in order to fight arboviruses transmission.Indeed, it has been…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-09 Luís Almeida , Yannick Privat , Martin Strugarek , Nicolas Vauchelet

Controlling diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya and zika fever by introduction of the intracellular parasitic bacterium Wolbachia in mosquito populations which are their vectors, is presently quite a promising tool to reduce their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Pierre-Alexandre Bliman

Insect pest control poses a global challenge, affecting public health, food safety, and the environment. Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are expanding beyond tropical regions due to climate change. Agricultural pests further exacerbate…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Javier Naranjo-Alcazar , Jordi Grau-Haro , Pedro Zuccarello , David Almenar , Jesus Lopez-Ballester

Mosquito-borne diseases present considerable risks to the health of both animals and humans. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the primary vectors for numerous medically important viruses such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya. To…