Papers Used:

Genetically Engineered Resistance to Dengue-2 Virus Transmission in Mosquitoes.
SCIENCE 10 May 1996; 272 (5263):884-886.
E. Olson, S. Higgs, P. J. Gaines, A. M. Powers, B. S. Davis, K. I. Kamrud, J. O. Carlson, C. D. Blair, B. J. Beaty.

Genetic Engineering: Mosquitoes induced to resist dengue virus.
CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS 13 May 1996; 4-5.
Mairin Brennan

Texts Used:

Heller, Craig, Gordon Orians, and Bill Purves. Life: The Science of Biology. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates., 1995.

Grimes, William J., and Richard B. Hallick. Biology 181 Lecture Notes: Fall 1996.

Websites:

"Dengue." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. http://www.eb.com:180/cgi-bin/g?DocF=micro/165/28.html&bold=on&sw=
Fever&sw=dengue&Dbase=Articles&hits=10&context=all&ParagraphType=1&indexremove=off#first_hit
. November 23, 1996.

"Dengue Fever." New York State Department of Health. http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/dengue.htm. November 21, 1996.

"Dengue and Dengue Haemmorragic Fever." World Health Organization. http://www.who.ch/programmes/inf/facts/fact117.htm. November 22, 1996.

"Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Questions and Answers." Center for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/publications/brochures/deng_q&a.htm. November 24, 1996.

Photos:

Mosquito photo courtesy of Dan Ryan at http://www.daryan.bevc.blacksburg.va.us/
Used with permission.




December 1, 1996