Gene drives: Why the best option for fighting mosquito-borne diseases is the 'mosquito itself' | Genetic Literacy Project

Gene drives: Why the best option for fighting mosquito-borne diseases is the 'mosquito itself' | Genetic Literacy Project

Gene drives: Why the best option for fighting mosquito-borne diseases is the ‘mosquito itself’

Andrea Crisanti, Kyros Kyrou | Genetic Literacy Project | February 21, 2019

A female Anopheles stephensi mosquito bites a human to get a blood meal through its pointed proboscis. A droplet of blood is expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself.