About the Authors
- Renaud Lacroix
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Contributed equally to this work with: Renaud Lacroix, Andrew R. McKemey
Affiliations Oxitec Sendirian Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Andrew R. McKemey
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Contributed equally to this work with: Renaud Lacroix, Andrew R. McKemey
Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Norzahira Raduan
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Affiliations Oxitec Sendirian Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Lim Kwee Wee
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Wong Hong Ming
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Teoh Guat Ney
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Siti Rahidah A.A.
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Sawaluddin Salman
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Selvi Subramaniam
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Oreenaiza Nordin
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Norhaida Hanum A.T.
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Chandru Angamuthu
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Suria Marlina Mansor
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Rosemary S. Lees
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Affiliation Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Neil Naish
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Sarah Scaife
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Pam Gray
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Geneviève Labbé
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Camilla Beech
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Derric Nimmo
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Luke Alphey
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* E-mail: Luke.Alphey@oxitec.com (LA); leehl@imr.gov.my (LHL)
Affiliations Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Seshadri S. Vasan
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Affiliations Oxitec Sendirian Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Lee Han Lim
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* E-mail: Luke.Alphey@oxitec.com (LA); leehl@imr.gov.my (LHL)
Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Nazni Wasi A.
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
- Shahnaz Murad
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Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Competing Interests
Authors affiliated to Oxitec Ltd. or Oxitec Sdn Bhd are past or present staff or students of Oxitec Ltd. or Oxitec Sdn Bhd. These authors also have, or had, shares or share options in Oxitec Ltd. The genetically modified line of Aedes aegypti OX513A used in the study is a product of Oxitec Ltd. and contains patented technology owned by Oxitec Ltd. and Oxford University. Specific details will be made available upon request. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. All other authors declare no conflicting interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RL AM. Performed the experiments: RL AM NR LKW WHM TGN SRAA S. Salman S. Subramaniam ON NHAT CA SMM RSL S. Scaife. Analyzed the data: RL. Wrote the paper: RL AM LA CB DN LHL NWA SM. Egg production and development of the strain in the UK: NN PG GL DN. Regulatory: CB LA AM DN SSV LHL NWA SM.