Downregulation of female doublesex expression by oral-mediated RNA interference reduces number and fitness of Anopheles gambiae adult females

BACKGROUND: Mosquito-borne diseases affect millions worldwide, with malaria alone killing over 400 thousand people per year and affecting hundreds of millions. To date, the best strategy to prevent the disease remains insecticide-based mosquito control. However, insecticide resistance as well as eco...

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Published in:Parasit Vectors
Main Authors: Taracena, Mabel L., Hunt, Catherine M., Benedict, Mark Q., Pennington, Pamela M., Dotson, Ellen M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466716/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30992032
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3437-4
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