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High-throughput sorting of mosquito larvae for laboratory studies and for future vector control interventions.
Malaria journal - 28 Aug 2012
Marois Eric, Scali Christina, Soichot Julien, Kappler Christine, Levashina Elena A, Catteruccia Flaminia
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BACKGROUND: Mosquito transgenesis offers new promises for the genetic control of vector-borne infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Genetic control strategies require the release of large number of male mosquitoes into field populations, whether they are based on the use of sterile males (sterile insect technique, SIT) or on introducing genetic traits conferring refractoriness to disease...
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