Genetic Control Of Malaria Mosquitoes

Kyle Jarrod McLean; Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.002

Genetic Control Of Malaria Mosquitoes

Kyle Jarrod McLean, Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

Experiments demonstrating the feasibility of genetically modifying mosquito vectors to impair their ability to transmit the malaria parasite have been known for well over a decade. However, means to spread resistance or population control genes into wild mosquito populations remains an unsolved challenge. Two recent reports give hope that CRISPR technology may allow such challenge to be overcome.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	174-176
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in parasitology
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.002
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
Infectious Diseases

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