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The War Against Zika: Fighting Mosquitoes With Mosquitoes
Thousands of male mosquitoes were released in South Miami’s Brewer Park Thursday.
They have been rendered sterile in a Kentucky lab by a company called MosquitoMate.
The mosquitoes were left incapable of impregnating females, after being infused with a Wolbachia bacteria.
The plan is over six months to release six million of the bugs that don’t bite, but have a healthy sex drive, and will mate with females whose eggs won’t hatch.
Thousands of male mosquitoes were released in South Miami’s Brewer Park Thursday.
They have been rendered sterile in a Kentucky lab by a company called MosquitoMate.
The mosquitoes were left incapable of impregnating females, after being infused with a Wolbachia bacteria.
The plan is over six months to release six million of the bugs that don’t bite, but have a healthy sex drive, and will mate with females whose eggs won’t hatch.