Influence of public hesitancy and receptivity on reactive behaviours towards releases of male Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes for dengue control

• Main Authors: Lwin, May Oo, Ong, Zoe, Panchapakesan, Chitra, Sheldenkar, Anita, Soh, Li Ting, Chen, Irene, Li, Xiaoxi, Niah, Weixin, Vasquez, Kathryn, Sim, Shuzhen, Ng, Lee-Ching
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Attitudes; Knowledge
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171115
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, a highly urbanized Asian tropical country that experiences periodic dengue outbreaks, is piloting field releases of male Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with the aim of suppressing urban populations of the primary dengue vector Aedes aegypti. This study proposes and assesses a...