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Modelling the potential of genetic control of malaria mosquitoes at national scale.

Ace R NorthAustin BurtH Charles J Godfray
Published in: BMC biology (2019)
Despite the spatial heterogeneity, we suggest that repeated introductions of modified mosquitoes over a few years into a small fraction of human settlements may be sufficient to substantially reduce the overall number of mosquitoes across the entire geographic area.
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