Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Mark-release-recapture experiment in Burkina Faso demonstrates reduced fitness and dispersal of genetically-modified sterile malaria mosquitoes

  • Franck Adama Yao,
  • Abdoul-Azize Millogo,
  • Patric Stephane Epopa,
  • Ace North,
  • Florian Noulin,
  • Koulmaga Dao,
  • Mouhamed Drabo,
  • Charles Guissou,
  • Souleymane Kekele,
  • Moussa Namountougou,
  • Robert Kossivi Ouedraogo,
  • Lea Pare,
  • Nourou Barry,
  • Roger Sanou,
  • Haida Wandaogo,
  • Roch K. Dabire,
  • Andrew McKemey,
  • Frederic Tripet,
  • Abdoulaye Diabaté

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28419-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Release of genetically-modified sterile mosquitoes is a potential method of malaria control but has yet to be tested in the field. Here, the authors perform a mark-release-recapture experiment and show that genetically-modified mosquitoes have reduced survival and dispersal compared to wild-types.