Mosquito Gene Drives and the Malaria Eradication Agenda
Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazú
277 pages · Released Feb 24, 2023 · CRC Press
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What it offers
Focuses on using science and innovation to prevent disease and save lives, emphasizing decades of global collaboration toward eradication of a major infectious disease.
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Technical overview of gene drive systems, mosquito genetics, malaria transmission, vector control strategies, and modern approaches to disease prevention—offers insight into how cutting-edge biotechnology addresses real-world public health challenges.
A note for parents
This is a specialized academic text on genetic engineering approaches to combating malaria, published by CRC Press for a scientific audience. It contains substantial educational value about disease vectors, genetic science, and public health innovation, with no objectionable content. The material assumes strong science background and is best suited to high school students in advanced biology or those with genuine interest in medical genetics and epidemiology.
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Malaria is one of most serious infectious diseases today and has afflicted humankind for thousands of years. A significant number of people still die from this mosquito-borne disease, despite the use of various malaria prevention and control methods over hundreds of years and more than a century of coordinated global c... Malaria is one of most serious infectious diseases today and has afflicted humankind for thousands of years. A significant number of people still die from this mosquito-borne disease, despite the use of various malaria prevention and control methods over hundreds of years and more than a century of coordinated global control efforts using modern tools, together with research into and development of new strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and disease treatment. Genetic approaches that focus on the vector mosquitoes to prevent malaria parasite transmission have been considered for many decades. Genetic control strategies received a significant boost with the successful development of gene drive systems, genetic methods for rapidly spreading beneficial genes and phenotypes through mosquito populations. This book reviews some concepts of gene drive systems and describes pioneering applications to control mosquito populations and prevent parasite transmission.
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ISBN 9781000626001 · CRC Press