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ArticleScientific reports2025

Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation.

Etienne Bilgo, Brian Lovett, Abel Souro Millogo, Issiaka Sare, Edounou Jacques Gnambani, Raymond St Leger, Abdoulaye Diabaté

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7 authors.

Etienne Bilgo *Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. bilgo02@yahoo.fr.
Brian Lovett *United States Department of Agriculture Research Service, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Abel Souro MillogoInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Issiaka SareInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Edounou Jacques GnambaniInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Raymond St LegerUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. stleger@umd.edu.
Abdoulaye Diabaté *Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. npiediab@gmail.com.

Funding

A semi field trial test on efficacy of transgenic antimalarial biocontrol fungiR01AI106998 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI ST LEGER, RAYMOND J · 2013 to 2015
$959k
African Academy of Sciences ARISE-PP-FA-143NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI106998NIH-NIAID RO1-AI106998Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 218771/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Entomopathogenic fungi engineered to express insect-specific neurotoxins have demonstrated potential as microbial control agents against malaria mosquitoes. Currently, the primary application method is via direct contact of spores with indoor resting mosquitoes. However, many malaria-transmitting mosquitoes feed and rest outdoors. To target these, we have developed an alternative application method that exploits the lethality of transgenic fungi as a sexually transmitted mosquito disease. This approach has both a wider interdisciplinary significance and important implications for preventing mosquito-borne diseases.

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CopulationCulicidaeFungiMosquito ControlMosquito VectorsPest Control, BiologicalAnimalsFemaleMalariaMale

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