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Table 4 Concerns about GM mosquitoes.
From: Perspectives of people in Mali toward genetically-modified mosquitoes for malaria control
| General concerns about the GM mosquito project | Total* |
|---|---|
| Project will not work | |
| • GM mosquitoes will transmit malaria like wild mosquitoes | 30 |
| • Offspring of wild and GM mosquitoes will transmit malaria | |
| • A release will therefore lead to more malaria-transmitting mosquitoes | |
| • GM mosquitoes won't be adapted to conditions in Mali/Africa | |
| • Malaria parasite will develop resistance to the antimalarial gene | |
| • GM mosquitoes will only partially solve the malaria problem | |
| Human health concerns | |
| • GM mosquitoes will transmit other diseases | 25 |
| • GM mosquitoes will transmit AIDS | |
| • GM mosquitoes will be resistant to insecticides | |
| • GM mosquitoes will transmit a strain of malaria for which humans have no acquired immunity | |
| • Accidentally eating GM mosquitoes will cause illness | |
| • GM mosquitoes won't transmit diseases where they are developed; but will transmit diseases in Mali/Africa | |
| General bad consequences | |
| • GM mosquitoes won't cause problems where they are developed; but will cause problems in Mali/Africa | 14 |
| • GM mosquitoes will adapt and become dangerous | |
| Environmental concerns | 6 |
| Cost to the community | 4 |
