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Can Nuclear Techno Help Control Virus-Carrying Mozzies?

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Mosquito bites make us itch, make us sick and can carry the Zika virus. Image: Male and female mosquitoes breed in these net-covered cages. (K. Skyring)


The virus is linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil and has led the World Health Organisation to declare an international public-health emergency.

 

So can the Zika virus-carrying mosquito be controlled?

 

In this report, scientists at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria think they have the answer:

 

 


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