Knowledge engagement in gene drive research for malaria control

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.

Sarah Hartley et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019.

. 2019 Apr 25;13(4):e0007233.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007233. eCollection 2019 Apr.

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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