Brazil's Zika virus could be tackled with genetically modified mosquitoes
by Associated Press from on (#117DN)
Tests by British company found that introducing sterilised males reduced the number of disease-transmitting female larvae by 82% in a year
Genetically modified mosquitoes could help Brazil combat the Zika virus, tests results released on Tuesday by a British biotech company suggest.
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