The sterile insect technique used as a barrier control against reinfestation

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of the sterile insect technique as a barrier to prevent mosquito reinfestation, using numerical simulations and mathematical analysis to determine effective deployment strategies.

Contribution

It provides a novel mathematical and simulation-based assessment of using the sterile insect technique as a reinvasion barrier in mosquito control.

Findings

A sufficiently large sterile insect release band can prevent reinvasion.

Mathematical models support the feasibility of barrier deployment.

Numerical simulations demonstrate effective reinvasion prevention.

Abstract

The sterile insect technique consists in massive release of sterilized males in the aim to reduce the size of mosquitoes population or even eradicate it. In this work, we investigate the feasability of using the sterile insect technique as a barrier against reinvasion. More precisely, we provide some numerical simulations and mathematical results showing that performing the sterile insect technique on a band large enough may stop reinvasion.