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Public health
fromNature
1 day ago

How billions of hacked mosquitoes and a vaccine could beat the deadly dengue virus

Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes and a pending local vaccine offer scalable tools to reduce dengue transmission amid record outbreaks across Latin America.
Public health
fromNature
2 weeks ago

This is the world's largest 'mosquito factory': its goal is to stop dengue

Releasing Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti can significantly reduce dengue transmission; large-scale mosquito production and rearing face technical challenges such as temperature sensitivity.
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