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What If We Killed All the Mosquitoes?
- Published_at:2016-02-19
- Category:Education
- Channel:SciShow
- tags: SciShow science Hank Green What If We Killed All the Mosquitoes? mosquito malaria yellow fever zika virus extinct bloodsucker ddt ecosystem eradicate vector disease aedes aegypti dengue chikungunya self-limiting gene anopheles wolbachia superinfect
- description: With the Zika virus in the news, some people have wondered why we don't just kill them ALL. Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Fatima Iqbal, Linnea Boyev, Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, and Philippe von Bergen. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: History of War against Mosquitoes/DDT http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a/box/1.html http://www.panna.org/resources/ddt-story http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ddt-use-to-combat-malaria/ Ecological Impacts http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1815/20151549 http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/aedes_communis.shtml Zika Mosquito http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/index.html http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11605&Itemid=0&lang=en RNA Molecular Pesticide (killing) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18533434?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg Transgenic Male Mosquitoes -- self-limiting gene, kills offspring (killing) http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003864 http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003999 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-insects-gmo-idUSKBN0U000820151217 http://www.oxitec.com/faqs/ Transgenic Mosquitoes -- gene drive, Anopheles (resistance to parasite) http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/E6736 http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-malaria-20151121-story.html http://www.nature.com/news/gene-drive-mosquitoes-engineered-to-fight-malaria-1.18858#/b2 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/11/gene-drive-turns-insects-malaria-fighters Wolbachia -- bacteria infection, Aedes (resistance to virus) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/ http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research/wolbachia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23133693 Wolbachia Parasite Superinfection -- preventing potential viral resistance http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2016-02/p-wps021116.php https://www.plos.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ppat-12-2-Joubert.pdf Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aedes_aegypti_CDC-Gathany.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anopheles_stephensi.jpeg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolbachia.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeetlrg.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DDT_Powder.jpg
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