Description
We are entering an era in which our ability to control mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika, dengue and malaria is threatened by increasingly widespread drug and insecticide resistance. In this infectious diseases version of "Game of Thrones," you win or you die--either we will develop new ways to fight mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit, or we face devastating disease epidemics. Promising technologies for controlling these diseases include designer insecticides, GMO mosquitoes and high-tech mosquito traps and deterrent devices. But will a "dragon glass" help us control the "threat beyond the Wall" or create a new set of problems?
Location
STEW 206
Start Date
10-4-2016 11:30 AM
DOI
10.5703/1288284316603
Infectious Diseases and the Game of Thrones: Can new technologies prevent epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases?
STEW 206
We are entering an era in which our ability to control mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika, dengue and malaria is threatened by increasingly widespread drug and insecticide resistance. In this infectious diseases version of "Game of Thrones," you win or you die--either we will develop new ways to fight mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit, or we face devastating disease epidemics. Promising technologies for controlling these diseases include designer insecticides, GMO mosquitoes and high-tech mosquito traps and deterrent devices. But will a "dragon glass" help us control the "threat beyond the Wall" or create a new set of problems?
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