埃及伊蚊
基孔肯雅
登革热
生物
昆虫不育技术
伊蚊
黄热病
灭蚊
寨卡病毒
软件部署
清脆的
病毒学
幼虫
生态学
病毒
遗传学
计算机科学
疟疾
基因
免疫学
有害生物分析
植物
操作系统
作者
Ming Li,Nikolay P. Kandul,Ruichen Sun,Ting Yang,Elena Dalla Benetta,Daniel J. Brogan,Igor Antoshechkin,Héctor M. Sánchez C.,Yinpeng Zhan,Nicolas A. DeBeaubien,YuMin M. Loh,Matthew P. Su,Craig Montell,John M. Marshall,Omar S. Akbari
摘要
Each year, hundreds of millions of people are infected with arboviruses such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika, which are all primarily spread by the notorious mosquito Aedes aegypti. Traditional control measures have proven insufficient, necessitating innovations. In response, here we generate a next generation CRISPR-based precision-guided sterile insect technique (pgSIT) for Aedes aegypti that disrupts genes essential for sex determination and fertility, producing predominantly sterile males that can be deployed at any life stage. Using mathematical models and empirical testing, we demonstrate that released pgSIT males can effectively compete with, suppress, and eliminate caged mosquito populations. This versatile species-specific platform has the potential for field deployment to effectively control wild populations of disease vectors.
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