New weapons to fight malaria transmission: A historical view
Wei Huang, Sung‐Jae Cha, Marcelo Jacobs‐Lorena
Abstract
The stagnation of our fight against malaria in recent years, mainly due to the development of mosquito insecticide resistance, argues for the urgent development of new weapons. The dramatic evolution of molecular tools in the last few decades led to a better understanding of parasite-mosquito interactions and coalesced in the development of novel tools namely, mosquito transgenesis and paratransgenesis. Here we provide a historical view of the development of these new tools and point to some remaining challenges for their implementation in the field.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyMalariaTransmission (telecommunications)Disease transmissionZoologyVirologyEngineeringImmunologyElectrical engineeringMosquito-borne diseases and controlMalaria Research and ControlInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms