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| Dengue (5) | |
| Infectious disease (4) | |
| Influenza (1) | |
| Measles (7) | |
| Plague (1) | |
| Tuberculosis (1) | |
Since dengue is primarily spread through the mosquito species Aedes aegypti, Oxitec has engineered a male mosquito that, to female mosquitoes in the wild, looks just like the usual males.
dengue has been on the rise in Brazil, with an estimated 16 million new cases every year.
which meant that Brazilians were left with few options to decrease dengue prevalence. The neighborhood in which the researchers tested the modified mosquitoes was a low-income area with high rates of dengue infection
according to local public health officials. Over a one-year period, the researchers released the modified males into the local environment
The researchers hope to scale up their efforts to eradicate dengue and the insects that carry it in a larger area n
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