Funding boost for Australian-led research into devastating mosquito-borne diseases

An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus.

An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus. Source: AAP

Australian researchers at the centre of the fight to eradicate key diseases transmitted by mosquitos have received a much-needed boost - $50 million to further their research efforts.


The donation, jointly made by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, will provide funding for Monash University’s World Mosquito Program for at least three years.


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