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'Specially-bred mosquitoes help prevent dengue outbreaks' [1]

In a first, Australian researchers have successfully protected an entire city from dengue outbreaks by deploying captive-bred mosquitoes that are unable to spread the deadly virus.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Dengue [3], Medical Research [4], Vector Borne Diseases [5], Health Care [6], Health [7]
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