In the late 1960s, Hans Laven demonstrated a strategy of population suppression via repeated releases of Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes. In general, the strategy was similar to traditional, irradiation-based SIT. However, the released males carried a Wolbachia infection that is bidirectionally incompatible with the targeted mosquito population. Over the 12-week period of the study, the strategy was demonstrated to eliminate a field population of medically important mosquitoes. ScrewWorm.htmlScrewWorm.htmlBiCI.htmlSickMosq.htmlSickMosq.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4