Keywords: screwworm
CRISPR could eradicate horrific parasite that’s killing cattleKristin Houser, Freethink, 2024.Uruguay is developing a CRISPR gene drive to eradicate the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that kills cattle in a painful, grisly fashion. Releasing it into the wild would have risks, but if it works, it could help rid South America of this horrific agricultural pest. The ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Revolutionizing Livestock Biosecurity: Using CRISPR Technology to Combat the New World ScrewwormDr. Jessica Nelson, Medriva, 2024.The New World screwworm, a persistent parasite responsible for significant damage to the global livestock industry, may soon meet its match. Researchers at Uruguay's National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) have developed a gene drive using CRISPR technology to combat ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Uruguay wants to use gene drives to eradicate devastating screwwormsAbdullahi Tsanni, MIT Technology Review, 2024.On a warm, sunny day in Montevideo, Uruguay, the air is smogless and crisp. Inside a highly secured facility at the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) are a sophisticated gene gun, giant microscopes, and tens of thousands of gene-edited flies, their bright blue ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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ARS Science Key to Stopping ‘Man-Eating’ ParasiteS. Elliott, Tellus, 2021.Screwworm infestations were once prevalent in the United States, with 230,000 cases reported in 1935 alone. ARS scientists Edward Knipling and Raymond Bushland conceived and developed the sterile insect technique (SIT) to control and eradicate screwworms. With SIT, sterilized ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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The Sterile Insect Technique: Success and Perspectives in the NeotropicsD. Perez-Staples, F. Diaz-Fleischer and P. Montoya, Neotropical Entomology, 14. 2020.Here, we review SIT in the Neotropics and focus on particular recent successful cases of eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), as well as effective programs used against the Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Loew), the New World screwworm ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Study Could Lead to Power Over ParasiteD. Shore, , 2020.Scientists have long had a name for a gruesome insect that feeds on live flesh of warm-blooded mammals: C. hominivorax, Latin for “man eater.” But now, they have the parasite’s number. In a paper published this week in the journal Communications Biology, researchers from ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Genomic analyses of a livestock pest, the New World screwworm, find potential targets for genetic control programsM. J. Scott, J. B. Benoit, R. J. Davis, S. T. Bailey, V. Varga, E. O. Martinson, P. V. Hickner, Z. Syed, G. A. Cardoso, T. T. Torres, M. T. Weirauch, E. H. Scholl, A. M. Phillippy, A. Sagel, M. Vasquez, G. Quintero and S. R. Skoda, Nature Communications, 3:424. 2020.We identify and analyze the expression of genes that are likely important for host-seeking behavior (chemosensory), development of larvae in open wounds in warm-blooded animals (heat shock protein, immune response) and for building transgenic strains for genetic control programs ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating WormsS. Zhang, The Atlantic, 2020.The United States Department of Agriculture undertook what would ultimately become an immense, multidecade effort to wipe out the screwworms, first in the U.S. and then in Mexico and Central America—all the way down to the narrow strip of land that is the Isthmus of Panama. The ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Concept and history of genetic controlScott, M. J. and Benedict, M. Q., Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue, 2:31-54. 2016.Genetic control of insects is an established method, mainly for insects that are important crop and veterinary pests such as medflies and screwworm. Efforts to use the same technologies against insects of medical importance, especially mosquitoes, have had limited success. The ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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The New World Screwworm Eradication Programme. North Africa 1988-1992Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, 1992.This book documents a programme which was unusual in several respects. The campaign to eradicate the New World screwworm from North Africa was unusually large in financial terms. At the same time it was unusually short. Era dica tion itself took about six months, although it was ... Keywords: Cochliomyia, hominavorax, Libya, screwworm, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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