Inhibition of Malaria Infection in Transgenic Anopheline Mosquitoes Lacking Salivary Gland Cells.

Malaria is an important global public health challenge, and is transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes during blood feeding. Mosquito vector control is one of the most effective methods to control malaria, and population replacement with genetically engineered mosquitoes to block its transmission is ex...

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Main Authors: Daisuke S Yamamoto, Megumi Sumitani, Katsumi Kasashima, Hideki Sezutsu, Hiroyuki Matsuoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5012584?pdf=render