Syracuse researchers receive military grant to eliminate dengue, chikungunya vector

Upstate Medical University in Syracuse has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a prototype for a new device to specifically attract and exterminate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. This type of mosquito spreads dengue fever, chikungunya, zika fever, yellow fever and other mosquito-borne diseases commonly found in tropical climates. The grant ["]