Scholarly Literature
This is an aggregation of scholarly literature from peer-reviewed journals, bioRxiv , medRxiv and arXiv preprint servers focused on natural and engineered selfish genetic elements and genetic biocontrol. New citations are added as they appear. This content is intended for anyone interested in the scholarly literature on gene drive and genetic biocontrol.
“Target species complex” concept: Strengthening environmental risk assessment of engineered gene drives
Tags: Genetic engineering, Mosquitoes, Risk and safety, Risk assessmentJ.B. Connolly, Y. Devos, D.C.M. Glandorf, and J. Romeis, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2026.
The recent opinion piece of Christophe Boëte critiqued the concept of the target species complex (TSC) in environmental risk assessment (ERA) of engineered gene drives (EGDs) (1). While constructive debate is essential, the piece misrepresents the purpose of TSC and conflates ...
CRISPR-Cas9 suppression gene drives for Nile tilapia control: prospects in sub-Saharan African freshwater ecosystems
Tags: Africa, Fish, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Population suppression, Risk assessmentBobo, E. D., All Life, 19. 2026.
CRISPR-based suppression gene drives represent a promising tool for managing invasive Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) populations in sub-Saharan Africa’s freshwater ecosystems. Introduced through aquaculture, Nile tilapia supports livelihoods but also causes severe ...
Editorial Overview – Insect Genomics (2026): enhancing public health, food security, and biodiversity through genetic biocontrol.
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, WolbachiaYoosook Lee, Omar S. Akbari, Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2026.
Genetic biocontrol is a form of biological control in which genetic variants or genetically modified forms of the target species act to reduce or eliminate the target species. In entomology, target species include agricultural pests and vector species that transmit pathogens to ...
Regulatory Provisions for Post-Release Monitoring of Genetically Modified Organisms in Africa
Tags: Africa, Genetically modified organisms, Monitoring and Surveillance, RegulationJulia Njagi, John Muriuki, Paul Mbugua, et al., Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2026.
Genetically modified (GM) crops with improved traits such as resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and enhanced nutritional profiles have been commercially cultivated for over three decades. Despite extensive safety data and long-term cultivation experience, concerns continue ...
Modelling Aedes albopictus management, incorporating immigration and bi-directional Wolbachia interactions
Tags: Aedes, Aedes albopictus, Modeling, Vector control, WolbachiaRyan, M., Mendiolar, M., Pagendam, D. et al., J Pest Sci, 99. 2026.
Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are competent vectors for the spread of at least 24 different arboviruses, including dengue, Ross River, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. However, they remain less studied than their more urban cousins, Aedes aegypti. We model an incompatible ...
Mark–release–recapture study of irradiated male Aedes albopictus under stressful field conditions
Tags: Aedes, Asia, Field trials, Irradiation method, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Qingdeng Feng, Ming Li, Jeremy Bouyer, et al., Pest Management Science, 2026.
The sterile insect technique (SIT) suppresses mosquito populations by releasing sterile males. Its success mainly depends on the performance of sterile males. Mark–Release–Recapture (MRR) experiments are used to evaluate male performance in the field, yet most previous ...
Advances in male sex separation for the support of mosquito control programs
Tags: Mosquitoes, Sex Separation, Vector controlDuman-Scheel M, Frontiers in Insect Science, 6. 2026.
Several mosquito control technologies, including the sterile insect technique (SIT), the incompatible insect technique (IIT), and a variety of genetic technologies are emerging as promising solutions for combatting insecticide resistance and the spread of vector-borne diseases. ...
Discovery of a Genetic Toxin-Antidote System in Vertebrates
Tags: Other mammals, Selfish genetic elements, Toxin-antidoteDuilio Mazzoni Zerbinato A Silva, Morgan Skinner, Takaya Totsuka, et al., bioRxiv, 2026.
Toxin-antidote (TA) systems are selfish genetic elements that bias their own inheritance by coupling a toxin that kills daughter cells or offspring with an antidote that specifically rescues those with the TA. TAs are a widespread phenomenon, observed in bacteria, fungi, plants, ...
Optimal spatial release strategies for confined gene drives and Wolbachia
Tags: Gene drive, Modeling, WolbachiaZiye Wang, Jackson Champer, bioRxiv, 2026.
Gene drives are genetic elements that can rapidly spread through populations, offering potential solutions for controlling disease vectors and pests. In some scenarios, it is necessary to utilize drives that can be confined to only target populations. The success of these ...
Wolbachia wMel and wAlbB strains differentially impact the vector competence of Aedes aegypti with a Brazilian genetic background for DENV-1 virus
Tags: Aedes, Dengue, Mosquitoes, WolbachiaMartins, C.B., David, M.R., Couto-Lima, D. et al., Parasites Vectors, 2026.
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia pipientis have been released as a sustainable strategy to mitigate arbovirus transmission. Among the strains successfully deployed, wMel and wAlbB have shown promising blocking effects against ...
Comparison of single-cell sequencing technologies for allele-specific expression analysis in rabbit spermatids
Tags: Gene drive, Genetic biocontrol, Other mammalsElena Smertina, Madi Rutherford, Brendan Hosking, et al., Genomics, 2026.
Gene drives are transmission distorters that can transmit specific alleles to >90% of the progeny, e.g., the naturally occurring t-haplotype in mice. For invasive pest species, there is interest in co-opting naturally occurring gene drives. It is unknown whether similar natural ...
Present and Future of Mosquito-Borne Disease Control in Europe with a Specific Focus on the Mediterranean
Tags: Europe, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Mosquitoes, Sterile insect technique (SIT), Vector controlCholvi, M., Moretti, R., Osório, H. C., et al., Insects, 17. 2026.
Mosquito-borne diseases are an emerging public health challenge in Europe, driven by the spread of invasive mosquito species capable of sustaining outbreaks of tropical arboviral diseases. Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, human-driven habitat changes, and ...
Potential benefits, opportunities, risks and challenges of population suppression gene drive mosquitoes for malaria control described in the scholarly literature: a rapid scoping review
Tags: Anopheles, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Population suppression, Target malariaFürer, C. L., Fischer, T. B., Suter, T., Winkler, M. S., and Knoblauch, A. M., Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2026.
Gene drive mosquitoes represent a promising strategy to alter mosquito populations and reduce disease transmission. However, their use has generated considerable debate due to ecological, ethical, and societal concerns. This paper reviews risks, challenges, benefits, and ...
Locally Acquired Dengue in Townsville, Australia, 2024–2025: An Outbreak Report in a Non-Endemic Region with wMel Wolbachia-Infected Aedes aegypti
Tags: Dengue, Oceania, Vector control, WolbachiaThompson, K., Lyons, S., Malone, K., Fryk, J., Pyke, A., & Murton, K., Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 11. 2026.
During the 2024/2025 wet season, Townsville had its first sustained autochthonous outbreak of dengue disease caused by dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2), the second locally transmitted outbreak of dengue since 2014 following the introduction of wMel strain Wolbachia-infected ...
Ecological analysis of mosquito larval communities in Burkina Faso to inform environmental monitoring of genetic control programs
Tags: Africa, Anopheles, Monitoring and Surveillance, MosquitoesToé, I., Kientega, M., Lingani, A.J. et al., Scientific Reports, 16. 2026.
In Burkina Faso, the development of the gene drive technology targeting Anopheles coluzzii raises important ecological questions about potential non-target effects. Understanding interactions in mosquitoes’ natural environments is crucial for developing effective post-release ...
Stochastic dynamics at the back of a gene drive eradication wave
Tags: Gene drive, Gene drive mechanisms, Genetic engineering, ModelingLéna Kläy, Léo Girardin, Florence Débarre, Vincent Calvez, Theoretical Population Biology, 168:44-64. 2026.
Gene drive alleles bias their own inheritance to offspring. They can fix in a wild-type population in spite of a fitness cost, and even lead to the eradication of the target population if the fitness cost is high. However, this outcome may be prevented or delayed if areas ...
A distorter–restorer system drives quantitative reproductive isolation in rice
Tags: Agriculture, CRISPRZhang, Y., Yang, Y., Shi, C. et al., Nature Plants, 2026.
Hybrid sterility and segregation distortion are the major forms of postzygotic reproductive isolation in rice, yet the molecular basis of their quantitative variation remains unclear. Here we identify S44, a natural distorter–restorer system in Oryza longistaminata/Asian ...
Spatial confinement of gene drives: Assessing risk of failure using global sensitivity analysis
Tags: Gene drive, Modeling, Risk and safetyCole D. Butler, Alun L. Lloyd, bioRxiv, 2026.
Gene drives allow pest populations to be genetically modified to reduce their harm on agriculture and human health. The genetic modification, or payload, spreads within a target population at rates exceeding normal Mendelian inheritance. While gene drives have demonstrated ...
Upper bound on the mutational burden imposed by a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-drive element
Tags: Gene drive, Selfish genetic elements, Yeast and FungiMichael S Overton, Sean E Guy, Xingsen Chen, et al., G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2026.
Homing-based CRISPR-Cas9 gene drives (CCGDs) are powerful tools for genetic control of wild populations, with applications from disease eradication to species conservation. However, Cas9 alone and in a complex with guide RNA can cause double-stranded DNA breaks at off-target ...
Evaluation of local larval diets for mass rearing of Aedes aegypti to support sterile insect technique programs in Burkina Faso Get
Tags: Aedes, Africa, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Bouraïma Vincent Séré, Simon P Sawadogo, Prisca S L Paré, et al., Journal of Medical Entomology, 63. 2026.
Aedes aegypti Linnaeus 1762 is the primary vector of several viruses that cause arboviral diseases. Control strategies, such as SIT, require large-scale mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) production, which depends critically on larval nutrition. However, the high cost and limited ...
Advances in CRISPR gene drives for mosquito population control
Tags: CRISPR, Gene drive synthetic, Mosquitoes, Toxin-antidoteRobyn Raban, Anthony A James, Omar S Akbari, Current Opinion in Microbiology, 90. 2026.
CRISPR-based gene drive (GD) systems bias allele inheritance during meiosis, enabling transgenes to spread at rates exceeding Mendel’s law of segregation. This capability underlies their potential as powerful tools for controlling mosquito-borne diseases. GDs can be engineered ...
Mathematical modelling of Wolbachia replacement in Aedes aegypti for dengue control: a scoping review
Tags: Aedes, Dengue, Modeling, WolbachiaKatie Tiley, Laith Yakob, Kathleen O'Reilly, Oliver Brady, Proc Biol Sci, 293. 2026.
Wolbachia replacement in dengue virus vectors is a promising tool for controlling transmission, and models can explore its potential in novel and complex scenarios. We analyse how research questions in Wolbachia replacement modelling have developed over time and in response to ...
Dengue Suppression by Male Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes
Tags: Asia, Cytoplasmic incompatibility, Dengue, WolbachiaJue Tao Lim, Ph.D., Chee-Seng Chong, Ph.D., Chia-Chen Chang, Ph.D., et al., New England Journal of Medicine, 2026.
Wild-type female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that mate with male A. aegypti mosquitoes that have been infected with the wAlbB strain of Wolbachia pipientis bacteria produce nonviable offspring owing to cytoplasmic incompatibility. Repeated releases of wolbachia-infected males ...
Evaluating paratransgenesis using engineered symbiotic bacteria for Plasmodium inhibition in mosquito vectors: A systematic review
Tags: Cytoplasmic incompatibility, Genetic engineering, Malaria, Other SymbiontsCleanclay WD, Kernyuy FB, Kintung IF, et al, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2026.
Malaria is one of the key world health problems, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the rising resistance to insecticides and antimalarial drugs is posing a threat to the current control mechanisms. New strategies are urgently needed to break the cycle of the spread of ...
Signatures of sex ratio distortion in humans
Tags: Selfish genetic elements, Transmission distortion, Y-chromosomeJames Guy Baldwin-Brown, Sergiusz Wesolowski, Raquel Mae Reisinger, et al., bioRxiv, 2026.
Segregation distortion, the disproportionate inheritance of selfish genetic elements, is an important evolutionary force. While many species carry distorters, it is not clear if humans do. Major limitations for detecting human distortion are the small size of human families and ...
The evolution of the sterile insect technique from concept to global application
Tags: Pest management, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Kostas Bourtzis, Marc F. Schetelig, Walther Enkerlin, Rui Pereira, Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science, 5:180-211. 2026.
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a species-specific, environment-friendly and cost-effective method for controlling insect pests and disease vectors. It involves colonization and mass-rearing of the target species, sterilization, typically by ionizing radiation, and ...
Assessing target genes for homing suppression gene drive
Tags: CRISPR, Fruit fly, Gene drive synthetic, Population suppressionXu, X., Fang, J., Chen, J. et al., The EMBO Journal, 2026.
Gene drives are engineered alleles that bias their own inheritance in offspring, enabling the spread of specific traits throughout a population. Targeting female fertility genes in a gene drive can be an efficient strategy for population suppression. In this study, we ...
Emerging trends in genome editing of wild animals
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene editing, Policy, Population genetics/dynamics, Stakeholder engagementBlix, T., Myhr, A.I., Transgenic Research, 35. 2026.
Globally, nearly one million species are currently threatened with extinction, highlighting the need for more efficient solutions to biological conservation. Genome editing, which allows for faster and more precise changes in genomes, is a promising technique for boosting ...
Generating cisgenic sexing strains in insect pests
Tags: CRISPR, Insects, Pest management, Sex Separation, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Davydova, S., Liu, J., Kandul, N.P. et al., Communications Biology, 2026.
Insect pest population control via sterile insect technique markedly benefits from separation by sex prior to release. To simplify this process, traditional genetics has been deployed to develop genetic sexing strains (GSSs) for several disease vectors and agricultural pests of ...
A conjugal gene drive-like system efficiently suppresses antibiotic resistance in a bacterial population
Tags: CRISPR, Ecology, Genetic engineering, Synthetic biologyKaduwal, S., Stuart, E.C., Auradkar, A. et al., npj Antimicrobials and Resistance, 4. 2026.
Antibiotic resistance (AR) is an escalating public health threat, necessitating innovative strategies to control resistant bacterial populations. One promising approach involves engineering genetic elements that can spread within microbial communities to eliminate AR genes. ...
Precision pest management: Genome editing tools, specifically CRISPR/Cas9 and future prospects
Tags: CRISPR, Ethics, Gene editing, Genomics, Pest management, Policy, Risk assessmentAnkush Saini, Neha Sharma, Nidhi Sharma, et al., Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 218. 2026.
The growing resistance to synthetic insecticides and Bt toxins, alongside persistent crop losses despite heavy pesticide application, highlights the urgent need for safer, sustainable and efficient pest management strategies. This review presents genome editing as a precise and ...
Field implementation of the sterile insect technique against Aedes aegypti in Recife, Brazil: operational challenges and impact of release frequency on vector dynamics
Tags: Aedes, Field trials, Population genetics/dynamics, Population suppression, South/Central America, Sterile insect technique (SIT), Vector controlMacedo, A.T., Carvalho, D.O., Gomez, M. et al., Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 15. 2026.
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly tool for suppressing Aedes aegypti populations. While promising in controlled settings, its application in large urban environments presents logistical and biological challenges. This trial focused on releasing ...
Serratia species as paratransgenic vehicles: potential applications in vector-borne disease control
Tags: Ecology, Vector controlMahor S, Gupta H. 0., Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2026.
Paratransgenesis employs insect-associated bacteria to deliver antipathogen effectors and is an emergent complementary strategy for vector control. This review synthesizes current evidence for Serratia species as paratransgenic vehicles, combining mechanistic insights into ...
Biocontrol practitioners’ perspectives on emerging genetic-based technologies for weed management
Tags: Agriculture, Biological control, Gene drive, Genetic biocontrol, RegulationRafter, M.A., Kumaran, N., Brookes, D.R. et al., BioControl, 2026.
Weed biocontrol researchers have been at the forefront of developing management solutions for invasive weeds for over 100 years and have a unique perspective to offer on the emerging field of genetic-based technologies such as gene drive and RNAi. As part of the XVI ...
Mapping Gene Drive Dynamics onto Mendelian Models
Tags: Gene drive mechanisms, Gene drive synthetic, Modeling, Population genetics/dynamicsZihang Wen, Monica Wan, Gili Greenbaum, Oana Carja, bioRxiv, 2026.
CRISPR-based gene drives bias their own transmission and can spread even when deleterious, giving rise to evolutionary dynamics that can be substantially more complex than those governed by standard Mendelian inheritance. Identifying conditions under which gene-drive dynamics can ...
The Evolutionary Genomics of Meiotic Drive
Tags: Evolution, Genomics, Selfish genetic elementsDaven C Presgraves, R Kelly Dawe, Kelly A Dyer, et al., Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2026.
Meiotic drivers are selfish genetic elements that gain transmission advantages by distorting equal, Mendelian segregation. For decades, biologists have considered meiotic drivers as interesting, albeit esoteric, case studies. It is now clear, however, that meiotic drive is more ...
Bisexual releases are as effective as male-only releases to control Drosophila suzukii with the sterile insect technique
Tags: Fruit fly, Sex Separation, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Alexandra Labbetoul, Simon Fellous, Pest Management Science, 2026.
The sterile insect technique (SIT) suppresses insect reproduction by repeatedly releasing sterile insects and allowing them to mate with insects of the same species in the wild. While the classical SIT relies on sterile males mating with wild females, there is a debate regarding ...
D. melanogaster meiotic driver Stellate compromises sperm development by impeding a process of nuclear envelope remodeling
Tags: Fruit fly, Selfish genetic elements, X chromosome, Y-chromosomeXuefeng Meng, Yukiko M Yamashita,, Genetics, 2026.
Meiotic drive is a phenomenon that violates Mendel’s Law of Equal Segregation, leading to biased transmission of the meiotic driver to the offspring. D. melanogaster Stellate (Ste) is an X-linked meiotic driver that preferentially harms Y-chromosome-bearing spermatids, thereby ...
Targeted editing of pericentromeric satellite DNA alters sensitivity to meiotic drive
Tags: CRISPR, Selfish genetic elementsDanna G. Eickbush, Jabale Rahmat, Matthew Lindsay, et al., bioRxiv, 2026.
Eukaryotic genomes are abundant in satellite DNA (satDNA): large blocks of tandemly-repeated sequences that accumulate in heterochromatic genome regions. SatDNAs are dynamic in their genomic location and abundance across species. Some satDNAs overlap essential genome regions such ...
Drive, suppression and escape from suppression of a selfish chromosome
Tags: Evolution, Fruit fly, Genetics, Selfish genetic elementsJackson Ridges, Jackson Bladen, Robert Unckless, Nitin Phadnis, Proc Biol Sci, 21. 2026.
Meiotic drivers are selfish genetic elements that are predicted to spark rapid intra-genomic arms races with their suppressors. However, the long-term persistence of unsuppressed selfish chromosomes in natural populations violates these theoretical expectations. The Drosophila ...
Microhomology-mediated end joining is the predominant form of DNA repair in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with implications for gene editing, gene drive, and transgene removal
Tags: Aedes, CRISPR, Gene drive, Gene editingJoseph S Romanowski, Kevin M Myles, Zach N Adelman, Nucleic Acids Research, 54. 2026.
Programmable site-specific nucleases have revolutionized the field of genetics, and in the field of mosquito vector control, gene editing by these tools has inspired a new wave of population control approaches that aim to prevent disease transmission. Little is known of how DNA ...
Assessing the population genetic structure and demographic history of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis at island and mainland sites in Uganda: implications for testing novel malaria vector control approaches
Tags: Africa, Anopheles, Field trials, Malaria, Population genetics/dynamics, Resistance, Vector controlMwima, R., Hui, TY.J., Lukyamuzi, E. et al., Malar J, 2026.
Despite substantial investments in malaria control, the disease remains a major burden in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Uganda. Novel tools such as gene drive systems are being developed to suppress malaria vector populations, but their deployment requires detailed knowledge ...
The Genomic Arms Race in Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Integrating Entomopathogenic Fungi, Gene Drive, and Symbiont Technologies for Sustainable Vector Control
Tags: Gene drive, Genetic biocontrol, Mosquitoes, Other Symbionts, Vector control, WolbachiaRajendran Yamini, Pagalahalli Sankaran Shanmugam, Marimuthu Murugan, et al., J Pure Appl Microbiol., 20:53-65. 2026.
Mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis continue to impose enormous health and economic burdens worldwide. The traditional reliance on chemical insecticides has been undermined by the rapid evolution of resistance, ecological ...
Beyond the static lab: environmental variability in genetically modified mosquito target gene identification for malaria control
Tags: Anopheles, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Malaria, Population genetics/dynamicsLuna Dael, Maria L. Simões, Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2026.
As malaria remains a critical public health challenge causing hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, novel methods to combat it are urgently needed. Genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) offer a promising innovative approach to reduce malaria transmission. However, the ...
Gene drives tested against real-world malaria diversity
Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Synthetic biologyMarchal, I, Nature Biotechnology, 44. 2026.
Gene drive technology, which uses genetic engineering to propagate selected genes throughout a population, is a potential strategy for blocking the spread of malaria, either by suppressing mosquito populations or by making them unable to transmit the disease. However, gene drive ...
A male-transmitted B chromosome undergoes strong meiotic drag in females of the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis
Tags: Insects, Selfish genetic elementsFerree PM, Cummings J, Garman E, Solomon J, Martinez KS, PLoS Biol, 24. 2026.
Many organisms carry extra, non-essential chromosomes known as B chromosomes (Bs), which are selfishly transmitted at super-mendelian levels to offspring. This heightened transmission, termed drive, occurs during gametogenesis, usually in one of the two parents. In some cases, Bs ...
Identification and evaluation of two testis-specific serine/threonine kinase genes from multi-tissue transcriptomes as potential genetic targets of sterile insect technique in Zeugodacus tau
Tags: Agriculture, Insects, Pest management, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Weijun Li, Cuikang Xu, Hongshi Chen, et al., Pest Management Science, 2026.
Zeugodacus tau (Walker) is a notorious agricultural pest causing significant economic losses in vegetable production for many years. Sterile insect technique (SIT) has emerged as an environmentally sustainable pest management strategy. However, discovery of molecular targets ...
A systematic review and critical analysis of the evidence for transmission ratio distortion in humans
Tags: Selfish genetic elements, Transmission distortionZiyi Dai, Gregory Costain, Genetics, 2026.
Mendel's law of equal segregation states that during gamete formation, the 2 alleles at a gene locus segregate such that each gamete has an equal probability of containing either allele. Transmission ratio distortion (TRD) occurs when 1 of the 2 alleles from either parent is ...
Research Advances and Challenges of Gene Drive Technology in Mosquito-Borne Disease Control
Tags: CRISPR, Gene drive, Mosquitoes, Population modification/replacement, Population suppressionYun Jiaqi, Ma Qin, Wang Guandong, et al., Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, 45:773-783. 2026.
Mosquito-borne diseases (such as malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus disease, and Chikungunya) pose major threats to global public health, while traditional control methods based on chemical pesticides face severe challenges including enhanced drug resistance in vector mosquitoes ...
The symbiotic Wolbachia in Anopheles and its role in reducing the transmission of Plasmodium: updates and prospects
Tags: Anopheles, Malaria, Vector control, WolbachiaNehra, R., Dhanda, S., Singh, K. et al., Archives of Microbiology, 208. 2026.
Reducing malaria transmission and the prospects for vector control include multi-pronged strategies, such as interrupting the parasite cycle in both vectors and mosquitoes. Effective vector control remains essential to prevent malaria transmission. This is all the more important ...
