Contributors
Cameron P. Simmons:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9039-7392
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review &
editing
Wesley Donald: Role: Writing – review & editing
Lekon Tagavi: Role: Investigation
Len Tarivonda: Role: Investigation
Timothy Quai: Role: InvestigationRole: Supervision
Raynelyn Tavoa: Role: Investigation
Tebikau Noran: Role: InvestigationRole: Supervision
Erirau Manikaoti: Role: Investigation
Lavinia Kareaua: Role: Investigation
Tabomoa Tinte Abwai: Role: Investigation
Dip Chand: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Vineshwaran Rama: Role: Investigation
Vimal Deo: Role: InvestigationRole: Supervision
Kharishma Karti Deo: Role: InvestigationRole: Supervision
Aminiasi Tavuii: Role: InvestigationRole: Supervision
Wame Valentine: Role: Investigation
Raviikash Prasad: Role: Investigation
Eremasi Seru: Role: Investigation
Leikitah Naituku: Role: Investigation
Anaseini Ratu: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Mark Hesketh: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Nichola Kenny: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Sarah C. Beebe: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Anjali A. Goundar: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: Supervision
Andrew McCaw: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Molly Buntine: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Ben Green: Role: Project administration
Tibor Frossard: Role: Data curationRole: Visualization
Jeremie R. L. Gilles: Role: Project administrationRole: Supervision
D. Albert Joubert: Role: Project administration
Geoff Wilson: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: Supervision
Le Quyen Duong: Role: Project administration
Jean B Bouvier: Role: Project administration
Darren Stanford: Role: Project administration
Carolyn Forder: Role: Project administration
Johanna M. Duyvestyn: Role: Investigation
Etiene C. Pacidônio: Role: Investigation
Heather A. Flores: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: Writing – review & editing
Natalie Wittmeier: Role: Project administration
Kate Retzki: Role: Project administration
Peter A. Ryan: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: Project administration
Jai A. Denton:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5259-4221
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Ruth Smithyman: Role: Project administrationRole: Supervision
Stephanie K. Tanamas: Role: Formal analysisRole: Project administrationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing
– original draft
Peter Kyrylos: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Yi Dong: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Anam Khalid: Role: Project administration
Lauren Hodgson: Role: Project administration
Katherine L. Anders: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing
– review & editing
Scott L. O’Neill: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: Writing – review & editing
Mariangela Bonizzoni: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1935-2727
ISSN
(Electronic):
1935-2735
Publication date
(Electronic):
14
March
2024
Publication date Collection:
March
2024
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0012022
Affiliations
[1
]
World Mosquito Program, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
[2
]
Ministry of Health, Government of Vanuatu, Port Vila, Vanuatu
[3
]
World Mosquito Program, Port Vila, Vanuatu
[4
]
Vanuatu Red Cross Society, Port Vila, Vanuatu
[5
]
Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Kiribati Government, Kiribati
[6
]
Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Government of Fiji, Suva, Fiji
[7
]
World Mosquito Program, Suva, Fiji
Universita degli Studi di Pavia, ITALY
Author notes
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PNTD-D-23-00714
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012022
PMC ID: 10980184
PubMed ID: 38484041
SO-VID: bacd3337-9ead-4946-8fe5-fb833b3b25e2
Copyright © © 2024 Simmons et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 12
June
2023
Date
accepted
: 25
February
2024
Page count
Figures: 8,
Tables: 2,
Pages: 24
Funding
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000996, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government;
Award Recipient
:
Scott L. O’Neill
This work was supported by a grant award from the Commonwealth of Australia represented
by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade titled; Operational pilot of Wolbachia
technology to reduce the transmission of Aedes aegypti-borne diseases (“the Project”)
awarded to SLO. The following authors received full or part salary from this grant
for the work described here; WD, LT, TQ, RT, TN, EM, LK, TTA, VR, AT, WV, RP, ES,
LN, AR, MH, NK, SCB, AGB, AM, MB, GW, LQD, JBB, DS, CF, NW, KR, PAR, JAD, RS, SKT,
PK, YD, AK, LH. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis,
decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Medical Conditions
Subject:
Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Dengue Fever
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Medical Conditions
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Viral Diseases
Subject:
Dengue Fever
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Medical Conditions
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Disease Vectors
Subject:
Insect Vectors
Subject:
Mosquitoes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Species Interactions
Subject:
Disease Vectors
Subject:
Insect Vectors
Subject:
Mosquitoes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Zoology
Subject:
Entomology
Subject:
Insects
Subject:
Mosquitoes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Invertebrates
Subject:
Arthropoda
Subject:
Insects
Subject:
Mosquitoes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Zoology
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Invertebrates
Subject:
Arthropoda
Subject:
Insects
Subject:
Mosquitoes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Wolbachia
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Oceania
Subject:
Kiribati
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Reproductive Physiology
Subject:
Eggs
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Oceania
Subject:
Vanuatu
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Oceania
Subject:
Fiji
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Evolutionary Biology
Subject:
Evolutionary Processes
Subject:
Introgression
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