About the Authors

Zoe Curtis

zoe.curtis@oxitec.com

Affiliations Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Kelly Matzen

Affiliation Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Marco Neira Oviedo

Current Address: Pontificia Universidad Catόlica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Affiliation Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Derric Nimmo

Affiliation Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Pamela Gray

Affiliation Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Peter Winskill

Affiliations Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Marco A. F. Locatelli

Affiliations Chemistry Institute, Campinas University (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Redox Consultoria e Remediação Ambiental, Itu, Sao Palo, Brazil

Wilson F. Jardim

Affiliations Chemistry Institute, Campinas University (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Redox Consultoria e Remediação Ambiental, Itu, Sao Palo, Brazil

Simon Warner

Affiliation Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Luke Alphey

Current Address: The Pirbright Institute, Woking, United Kingdom

Affiliations Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Camilla Beech

Affiliation Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: those authors affiliated to Oxitec Ltd (as noted in the author list) are or were employees or sponsored students of the company, which therefore provided salary and other support for the research programme. Also, all these employees have shares or share options in Oxitec Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZC KM MNO DN LA CB. Performed the experiments: ZC KM MNO DN PG MAFL WFJ. Analyzed the data: ZC KM MNO DN PW. Wrote the paper: ZC KM SW CB LA.