The sterile insect technique used as a barrier control against reinfestation

Luis Almeida (1, 2) , Jorge Estrada (3, 1) , Nicolas Vauchelet (3)

1 MAMBA - Modelling and Analysis for Medical and Biological Applications
2 LJLL (UMR_7598) - Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions
3 LAGA - Laboratoire Analyse, Géométrie et Applications

The sterile insect technique consists in massive release of sterilized males in the aim to reduce the size of mosquitoes population or even eradicate it. In this work, we investigate the feasability of using the sterile insect technique as a barrier against reinvasion. More precisely, we provide some numerical simulations and mathematical results showing that performing the sterile insect technique on a band large enough may stop reinvasion.

Mots clés: Sterile insect technique; Wave-blocking; Reaction-diffusion equations

Domaines: Equations aux dérivées partielles [math.AP]

Luis Almeida, Jorge Estrada, Nicolas Vauchelet. The sterile insect technique used as a barrier control against reinfestation. 2020. ⟨hal-02615391v1⟩