Tanzania

Pest Species

Anopheles gambiae
Human malaria mosquito

Dar es Salaam

Control Measure

Synopsis

Transmission Zero is a gene drive research and development program involving Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, the Ifakara Health Institute and the National Institute of Medical Research in Tanzania
They are developing gene drive technology that will prevent Anopheles gambiae from transmitting the malaria parasite.
The first genetically modified mosquitoes produced in Africa were produced by the Transmission Zero team at IHI in Tanzania. These did not contain a gene drive system.
There have been no releases of gene drive-containing mosquitoes

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Scientists engineer mosquitoes that can’t spread malaria

Tags: Anopheles, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Population modification/replacement
Imperial College London, Phys Org, 2022.
Scientists have engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their gut, preventing transmission of the disease to humans. The genetic modification causes mosquitoes to produce compounds in their guts that stunt the growth of parasites, meaning they ...

First transgenic mosquito made in Africa by Transmission Zero

Tags: Anopheles, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Population modification/replacement
H. Dunning, Imperial College London, 2023.
Transmission Zero, a global scientific programme led by scientists at Imperial College London and the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) of Tanzania, in partnership with the Tanzanian National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), announces the generation of the first transgenic ...