Scientists unleash sterile mosquitoes to fight deadly viruses
NCT ID NCT06595745
Summary
This large study tested a new way to prevent mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. Researchers in Mexico released special sterile male mosquitoes to reduce the local mosquito population that spreads these viruses. The goal was to see if this method could lower the number of people getting sick from these diseases in the community.
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Locations
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Laboratorio para el Control Biolo´gico de Aedes aegypti (LCB-UADY), Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Mérida, Yucatán, 97160, Mexico
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