Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore

Wolbachia technology is a novel vector control approach that can reduce mosquito populations and the risk of mosquito-borne diseases, which has recently gained popularity amongst countries. In 2016, Singapore embarked on a multi-phased field study named Project Wolbachia - Singapore, to evaluate the...

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Main Authors:	Liew, Christina, Soh, Li Ting, Chen, Irene, Ng, Lee Ching
Other Authors:	School of Biological Sciences
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Published:	2022
Subjects:	Science::Biological sciences Wolbachia Perception
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-1539772023-02-28T17:10:31Z Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore Liew, Christina Soh, Li Ting Chen, Irene Ng, Lee Ching School of Biological Sciences National Environment Agency Science::Biological sciences Wolbachia Perception Wolbachia technology is a novel vector control approach that can reduce mosquito populations and the risk of mosquito-borne diseases, which has recently gained popularity amongst countries. In 2016, Singapore embarked on a multi-phased field study named Project Wolbachia - Singapore, to evaluate the use of Wolbachia technology as an Aedes aegypti mosquito population suppression tool to fight dengue. Due to the novelty of this technology in Singapore, this study aims to understand the public's acceptance and sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia technology. Ministry of Finance Published version This work was supported by the Ministry of Finance, Singapore under the Reinvestment Fund - New approaches in dengue surveillance and control, as part of National Environment Agency’s feasibility study to determine the potential of Wolbachia technology as a biological control tool to suppress local Aedes aegypti mosquito population. 2022-06-07T01:32:48Z 2022-06-07T01:32:48Z 2021 Journal Article Liew, C., Soh, L. T., Chen, I. & Ng, L. C. (2021). Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1417-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11380-w 1471-2458 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153977 10.1186/s12889-021-11380-w 34275443 2-s2.0-85110324809 1 21 1417 en BMC Public Health © 2021 The Author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. application/pdf
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description	Wolbachia technology is a novel vector control approach that can reduce mosquito populations and the risk of mosquito-borne diseases, which has recently gained popularity amongst countries. In 2016, Singapore embarked on a multi-phased field study named Project Wolbachia - Singapore, to evaluate the use of Wolbachia technology as an Aedes aegypti mosquito population suppression tool to fight dengue. Due to the novelty of this technology in Singapore, this study aims to understand the public's acceptance and sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia technology.
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title	Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore
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Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore

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