Awareness and Support of Release of Genetically Modified “Sterile” Mosquitoes, Key West, Florida, USA

After a dengue outbreak in Key West, Florida, during 2009–2010, authorities, considered conducting the first US release of male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes genetically modified to prevent reproduction. Despite outreach and media attention, only half of the community was aware of the proposal; half of t...

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Autores principales: Ernst, Kacey C., Haenchen, Steven, Dickinson, Katherine, Doyle, Michael S., Walker, Kathleen, Monaghan, Andrew J., Hayden, Mary H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625795
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.141035
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author Ernst, Kacey C.
Haenchen, Steven
Dickinson, Katherine
Doyle, Michael S.
Walker, Kathleen
Monaghan, Andrew J.
Hayden, Mary H.
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description After a dengue outbreak in Key West, Florida, during 2009–2010, authorities, considered conducting the first US release of male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes genetically modified to prevent reproduction. Despite outreach and media attention, only half of the community was aware of the proposal; half of those were supportive. Novel public health strategies require community engagement.
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spelling pubmed-43136462015-02-04 Awareness and Support of Release of Genetically Modified “Sterile” Mosquitoes, Key West, Florida, USA Ernst, Kacey C. Haenchen, Steven Dickinson, Katherine Doyle, Michael S. Walker, Kathleen Monaghan, Andrew J. Hayden, Mary H. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch After a dengue outbreak in Key West, Florida, during 2009–2010, authorities, considered conducting the first US release of male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes genetically modified to prevent reproduction. Despite outreach and media attention, only half of the community was aware of the proposal; half of those were supportive. Novel public health strategies require community engagement. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4313646/ /pubmed/25625795 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.141035 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title Awareness and Support of Release of Genetically Modified “Sterile” Mosquitoes, Key West, Florida, USA
title_full Awareness and Support of Release of Genetically Modified “Sterile” Mosquitoes, Key West, Florida, USA
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title_short Awareness and Support of Release of Genetically Modified “Sterile” Mosquitoes, Key West, Florida, USA
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