About the Authors

Renaud Lacroix

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

Contributed equally to this work with: Renaud Lacroix, Andrew R. McKemey

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Norzahira Raduan

Affiliations Oxitec Sendirian Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Lim Kwee Wee

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Wong Hong Ming

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Teoh Guat Ney

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Siti Rahidah A.A.

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Sawaluddin Salman

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Selvi Subramaniam

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Oreenaiza Nordin

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Norhaida Hanum A.T.

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Chandru Angamuthu

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Suria Marlina Mansor

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Rosemary S. Lees

Affiliation Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Neil Naish

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Sarah Scaife

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Pam Gray

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Geneviève Labbé

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Camilla Beech

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Derric Nimmo

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Luke Alphey

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

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

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.

Affiliation Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Shahnaz Murad

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.