Knowledge engagement in gene drive research for malaria control

Sarah Hartley; Delphine Thizy; Katie Ledingham; Mamadou Coulibaly; Abdoulaye Diabaté; Bakara Dicko; Samba Diop; Jonathan Kayondo; Annet Namukwaya; Barry Nourou; Léa Paré Toé

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007233

Knowledge engagement in gene drive research for malaria control

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Apr 25;13(4):e0007233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007233. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Science, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
² Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
³ Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
⁴ BioMedical Département, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
⁵ Department of Entomology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
⁶ Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Anopheles / genetics*
Anopheles / growth & development*
Community Participation*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Gene Drive Technology / methods*
Humans
Malaria / prevention & control*
Mosquito Control / methods*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a British Academy grant (KF1/100043) to SH, SD, and KL. DT reports core funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1141988), the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (0-77157), and the Open Philanthropy Project Fund (2016-161185) forming the basis of the Target Malaria Project. MC, AD, BD, SD, JK, AN, BN, and LPT report receiving funding through the Target Malaria project. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.