Impact of quiescent eggs on the technique for controlling the population of Aedes aegypti via the release of mosquitoes infected by the Wolbachia bacteria

• Grant number: 21/09004-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2021
• End date: September 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
• Principal Investigator: Cláudia Pio Ferreira
• Grantee: Larissa Picelli Gomes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

A system of ordinary differential equations is proposed to model the dynamics of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, a vector of several diseases such as dengue. The model considers eggs in a period of quiescence and competition between wild populations and populations infected by the Wolbachia bacteria. We will study, analytically and numerically, the contribution of eggs in quiescence infected by Wolbachia, in vector control scopes. (AU)