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Breakthrough in eliminating dengue, other mosquito-borne diseases – Mirage News
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carry many viral diseases, including dengue, Zika and yellow fever. They’re now invading the U.S. A 27-month trial in Indonesia…
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carry many viral diseases, including dengue, Zika and yellow fever. They’re now invading the U.S.
A 27-month trial in Indonesia of a unique method of mosquito control shows that the strategy can reduce the incidence of dengue – a mosquito-borne viral disease of the tropics that threatens nearly half the world’s population – by 77%.
The method, which employs Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected by bacteria called Wolbachia, effectively prevents dengue-infected mosquitoes f…
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