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Building a Better Mosquito: Identifying the Genes Enabling Malaria and Dengue Fever Resistance in A. gambiae and A. aegypti Mosquitoes
Published on: July 4, 2007
Highlighting Molecular Biology as a Focal Point for Mosquito Research
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine; mwells@idahocom.org.
Articles Discussed:
Chiu, M. Z., Lannon, S., Luchetti, M., Wells, M. B., Andrew, D. J. Dissection and immunostaining of larval salivary glands from Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (175), e62989 (2021). Kojin, B. B., Tsujimoto, H., Jakes, E., O'Leary, S., Adelman, Z. N. Indel detection following CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis using high-resolution melt analysis in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (175), e63008 (2021). Kumpitak, C., Nguitragool, W., Cui, L., Sattabongkot, J., Bantuchai, S. Detection of Plasmodium sporozoites in Anopheles mosquitoes using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (175), e63158 (2021). Taracena, M. et al. Effective oral RNA interference (RNAi) administration to adult Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (181), e63266 (2022). Erlank, E., Venter, N., Koekemoer, L. L. Standard membrane feeding assay for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Anopheles mosquito vectors. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (183), e63546 (2022).

