From: Perspectives of people in Mali toward genetically-modified mosquitoes for malaria control
General concerns about the GM mosquito project | Total* |
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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 |