This book, containing the consensus document on the biology of mosquito Aedes aegypti, is the result of the common effort of the participants of the OECD’s Working Group on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology, with Mexico, Brazil and the ILSI Research Foundation having served as co-leads for the project and established their teams of specialists on the subject. In addition, experts from other delegations involved in the Ad hoc drafting group, namely Australia, France, India, Kenya, the United States and the industry sector, provided valuable contributions. During the preparation of the successive draft versions of the document, useful inputs and suggestions were also provided by a number of delegates and experts from the Working Group, whether from OECD member countries, non-member economies or observer organisations.
Once finalised and agreed on declassification in June 2018, the document was published by the OECD Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Division in the Series on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology. This volume was prepared by Ryudai Oshima and Bertrand Dagallier, with the editing contribution of Eleonore Morena, under the supervision of Peter Kearns at the EHS Division, OECD Environment Directorate.
The OECD is grateful to the scientists, safety assessors, regulators and authorities who participated in the development of this biosafety document on an innovative topic, and wishes to thank each of them.