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Advancing Malaria Vector Control: Insights Into Mosquito Immunity and Genetic Strategies.

Wisdom D Cleanclay, Eniola D Adedoyin, Suleiman Zakari, Olubanke O Ogunlana, Emeka E J Iweala, Shalom N Chinedu

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Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wisdom D CleanclayDepartment of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria, covenantuniversity.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8759-220X
Eniola D AdedoyinDepartment of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria, covenantuniversity.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3639-3758
Suleiman ZakariDepartment of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria, covenantuniversity.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2130-0937
Olubanke O OgunlanaDepartment of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria, covenantuniversity.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5781-592X
Emeka E J IwealaDepartment of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria, covenantuniversity.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1393-1416
Shalom N ChineduDepartment of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria, covenantuniversity.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6421-2043

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria remains a major global health challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the Plasmodium parasites. Resistance to insecticides remains an obstacle in spite of the efforts to control malaria vector. The interaction between Plasmodium parasites and mosquito vectors, with a focus on the immunity of mosquitoes and approaches to combat malaria, is examined in this review. This review explores the potential of genetic approaches including CRISPR-Cas9, Wolbachia, RNA interference (RNAi), and symbiont-based strategies for the control of malaria vector. The innate immune system of Anopheles mosquitoes that identify, recognize, and limit Plasmodium infection through pathogen recognition receptors, signaling pathways, and effector mechanisms like antimicrobial peptides and melanization is well developed. However, Plasmodium has developed several evasion mechanisms to establish infection. This led to various genetic modification techniques being designed to reduce vector population and transmission. Gene drive such as CRISPR-Cas9 can introduce genetic alterations to interfere with the transmission of malaria; Wolbachia interferes with vector competence, RNAi-mediated gene to target relevant genes involved in reproduction and survival. Self-limiting strategies such as RIDL and pgSIT genetically modified insect releasement to the environment. mosGILT is an emerging immune regulator which has shown relevance in blocking transmission. This review explores the potential of these genetic approaches in malaria vector control efforts, highlighting their advantages and imitations. Further research should explore mosquito immune genes and pathways in developing innovative and acceptable genetic vector control approaches.

Indexed as

AnophelesMalariaMosquito ControlMosquito VectorsAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsHumansImmunity, InnatePlasmodiumRNA InterferenceWolbachiagenetic approachesmalariamosquito immunityPlasmodium parasitesvector control

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PMID41992908
PMCPMC13087609

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