Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
An exciting new trial experiment from Australia has successfully eliminated 80% of a disease-carrying mosquito population.
The Aedes aegypti species of mosquito has been called the most dangerous, invasive pest in the world. The Aegypti, along with two other species, are responsible for 17% of the world’s infectious disease transmissions globally, the most recent outbreaks including dengue and Zika.
So as a means of wiping out the perilous bugs, scientists in North Queensland reared millions of male Aegypti mosquitos that were infected with a bacteria that would make them sterile. The researchers then released these mosquitos across three towns on Cassowary Coast.
The male mosquitos could not bite or spread disease – but when they mated with wild females, the eggs wouldn’t hatch and the population took a massive dive.
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