Driving down malaria transmission with engineered gene drives

Driving down malaria transmission with engineered gene drives

The last century has witnessed the introduction, establishment and expansion of mosquito-borne diseases into diverse new geographic ranges. Malaria is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. Despite making great strides over the past few decades in reducing the burden of malaria, transmission is...

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Main Authors: William T. Garrood, Piotr Cuber, Katie Willis, Federica Bernardini, Nicole M. Page, Roya E. Haghighat-Khah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
gene drive
homing
malaria
disease control
CRiSPR/Cas
mosquitoes
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.891218/full

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