Sterile mosquitoes for the Galapagos
Ecuador is to release 100,000 sterile Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the Galapagos Islands to reduce the prevalence of the mosquitoes that spread zika, dengue and yellow fever.
The measure should give residents better health and reduce the transmission of diseases to tourists. In addition, the use of chemical pesticides can decrease, the responsible authority states.
The project has been going on for six years and included laboratory breeding of mosquitoes and sterilization by radiation.
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