Establishing a dominant early larval sex-selection strain in the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

• Autori principali: Shih-Che Weng (Autore), Fangying Chen (Autore), Ming Li (Autore), Sammy Lee (Autore), Connor Gerry (Autore), Dylan Can Turksoy (Autore), Omar S. Akbari (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Background Genetic biocontrol interventions targeting mosquito-borne diseases require the release of male mosquitoes exclusively, as only females consume blood and transmit pathogens. Releasing only males eliminates the risk of increasing mosquito bites and spreading pathogens while enablin...