Engineered mosquitoes to fight mosquito borne diseases: Not a merely technical issue

Bioengineered Bugs

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-7

  Favia, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mosquito; Public engagement; Transgenesis; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL; AEDES AEGYPTI; ECONOMIC ASPECT; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 84924960211     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/21655979.2014.988556     Document Type: Article

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