Can nuclear technology help control virus-carrying mosquitoes?

: Male and female mosquitoes breed in these net-covered cages

: Male and female mosquitoes breed in these net-covered cages Source: K. Skyring

Mosquito bites make us itch, make us sick and can carry the Zika virus.


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?






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