[Genetic means for control of insect vectors of human diseases (author's transl)].

We divide genetical control methods in two major groups:--mechanisms operating between different species and an example is the attempt of control of A. gambiae in West Africa,--mechanisms operating in a single species with: gamma rays and chemical treatment for sterilisation, cytoplasmic incompatibility (ex.: C. pipiens). Genetical control also suppose the knowledge of biology and ecology of the target insect. This paper does not want to be an exhaustive review of this problem. Its only ambition is to try and expose the possible applications of genetics in the control of vectors.