Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Releasing male mosquitoes that sterilize females to eradicate virus transmission


5:09 Controlling Kauai's Zika- and avian flu*-carrying mosquito infestation with Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes pad on the injection during mating, surprising the female that acquires this specific bacterial infection. 
6:13 in the wild, they are seeing 95% reduction in population numbers, and this is highly targeted to this single species. 
6:36 only 6% of mosquito species bite humans. 

*7:46 native birds have no resistance to actual flu.
7:57 one species has a 90% mortality after a single mosque bite carrying avian flu



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