ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2018
Controlling vector-borne diseases by releasing modified mosquitoes.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 168 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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168 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 309 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Overview of dengue outbreaks in the southwestern Indian Ocean and analysis of factors involved in the shift toward endemicity in Reunion Island: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- What happens when we modify mosquitoes for disease prevention? A systematic review.Emerging microbes & infections · 2020Pooled it
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- A temperature-sensitive CRISPR-Cas12a system for sterile insect technique.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Control of Aedes albopictus populations by silencing of the vesicular GABA transporter (vgat) and the vesicular monoamine transporter (vmat) genes using recombinant Chlorella shRNA.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Silencing theInsects · 2025Article
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Abstract
Aedes mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, are becoming major global health emergencies while old threats, such as yellow fever, are re-emerging. Traditional control methods, which have focused on reducing mosquito populations through the application of insecticides or preventing breeding through removal of larval habitat, are largely ineffective, as evidenced by the increasing global disease burden. Here, we review novel mosquito population reduction and population modification approaches with a focus on control methods based on the release of mosquitoes, including the release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes and strategies to genetically modify the vector, that are currently under development and have the potential to contribute to a reversal of the current alarming disease trends.
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