Special mosquitoes will be used to fight the tropical disease dengue fever for the first time in Honduras. About this subject aedes aegyptiMosquitoes infected in the laboratory with the native Wolbachia bacteria, which reduces the transmission of diseases from arboviruses, including dengue, Zika and Chingungunya. The innovative method was tested by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) […]
Tag: vermin
No, we won’t be going back to using DDT (despite the rise in “lethal” bugs)
Should we prepare for the return of malaria? Will it be necessary to allow dangerous pesticides again to destroy it? The questions follow the latest report by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which highlights how rising temperatures in Europe are facilitating the return (or arrival) of a wide variety of insects […]