Mosquito Waste Reveals Viruses Hiding in Plain Sight
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Mosquito Waste Reveals Viruses Hiding in Plain Sight
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — When public health researchers want to know whether diseases such as COVID-19 or polio are circulating in a community, they can look for genetic evidence in wastewater. Entomologist Dana Price wondered whether the same principle could be applied to mosquitoes. The question led to an unconventional experiment. “What we did, colloquially, was build […]
Scientists conducted an unusual experiment. Using 3D technology, they created a "mosquito toilet." They collected insect droppings and analyzed them for viruses, similar to how sewage is monitored for the spread of disease.
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