Co-developing risk assessment across disciplines and borders: Gene drive mosquito field trials in Uganda 2019

Gene drive is an emerging biotechnology that can be used to bias the inheritance of a specific genetic trait in any population of sexually reproducing organisms. In Uganda, and in other African countries, there is interest in the possibility of using synthetic gene drives to reduce the population of the mosquito species Anopheles gambiae which is the primary transmitter of the malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum. This dataset contains transcripts of interviews conducted with a wide range of stakeholders; environmentalists, scientists, regulators and prospective implementers, on the topic of risk assessment for gene drive mosquitoes in Uganda.