Special Session 11: 

Modeling the spatial spread of mosquitoes with Serratia infection

yanyu Xiao
University of Cincinnati
USA
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Abstract:
Engineered symbiotic bacteria have been shown to equip mosquitoes with resistant to Malaria parasites. But the introduction of the lab-borned mosquitoes to wild mosquito population is a big challenge. In this work, we use a partial differential equation model to examine the spatial spread of these genetically modified mosquitoes through mating and birth.