Mosquitoes represent the major arthropod vectors of human disease worldwide transmitting
malaria, lymphatic filariasis, and arboviruses such as dengue virus and Zika virus …

SUMMARY West Nile Virus was introduced into the Western Hemisphere during the late
summer of 1999 and has been causing significant and sometimes severe human diseases …

Releasing sterile or incompatible male insects is a proven method of population
management in agricultural systems with the potential to revolutionize mosquito control …

The increasing burden of dengue, and the relative failure of traditional vector control
programs highlight the need to develop new control methods. SIT using self-limiting genetic …

Gene drive systems that enable super-Mendelian inheritance of a transgene have the
potential to modify insect populations over a timeframe of a few years. We describe CRISPR …

Genetic-based methods offer environmentally friendly species-specific approaches for
control of insect pests. One method, CRISPR homing gene drive that target genes essential …

Abstract" The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control
that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This …

To the Editor: Our paper published last year described the results of preliminary release
experiments showing that engineered sterile male mosquitoes could mate with females in a …

Genetics can potentially provide new, species-specific, environmentally friendly methods for
mosquito control. Genetic control strategies aim either to suppress target populations or to …

Site-specific selfish genes exploit host functions to copy themselves into a defined target
DNA sequence, and include homing endonuclease genes, group II introns and some LINE …