Prevention of Insect-borne diseases

Prevention of Insect-borne diseases: Conventional methods for controlling insect-borne diseases have thus far met with little long-term success. Preventive vaccines are unavailable, and pathogens and insects commonly develop resistance to drugs and insecticides, respectively. In a fundamentally different approach to this problem, scientists now are using genetic techniques to modify insects in ways that make them incapable of transmitting disease-causing organisms. Although much work remains before these efforts yield practical solutions, researchers supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have reported promising findings. ¹

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NIAID Scientists Explore Genetic Solutions To Insect-Borne Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID

Last revision: June 26, 2003

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