NIH R01 · 2024
Precision guided SIT for the control of vector-borne disease
PROJECT SUMMARY Billions of people are at risk of contracting vector-borne diseases. Dengue alone causes 90 million infections per year globally and like many vector-borne diseases, currently there are no drugs or vaccines to treat or prevent these infections. Therefore, vector control is the primary tool used for vector-borne disease prevention. In recent years, novel vector population suppression technologies have been created (e.g. RIDL and Wolbachia based systems), but production of mosquitoes for these programs is labor intensive and is limited in scalability and distribution. In this study, we will use a functional genomic screening approach to identify key sex determinate, female…
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