Dengue Outpaces Virus-Blocking Mosquitoes in Brazil
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Dengue outpaces virus-blocking mosquitoes in Brazil
Brazilian scientist Luciano Moreira tenderly handles a glass box of swarming mosquitoes infected with a bacterium that blocks the transmission of dengue.These mosquitoes have protected millions in Brazil, but the debilitating disease is spreading faster than the insects can be bred and shipped around the immense country.Climate change "accelerates the spread of the virus. In the south of the country, which used to be much colder, there was no de…
The technology of mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria has proven its effectiveness in reducing the transmission of dengue, but its deployment on a large scale faces logistical, financial and security obstacles. In a bio-factory in Curitiba, in southern Brazil, teams maintain the world's largest breeding of mosquitoes [...] Read more Modified mosquitoes against dengue: a real hope but no miracle solution in Brazil appeared first on Le Singulie…
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