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Florida Wants to Fight Disease With Genetically Modified Mosquitoes | Reduction

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Florida Wants to Fight Disease With Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

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aedes aegypti - Eu amo o Rio by Daniel Fucs
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Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are awaiting approval from the federal government to begin releasing hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to stop the spread of dengue fever. The experiment will be the first of its kind in the United States. The goal is to eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito population in and around Key West. Dengue fever was thought to have disappeared from the area decades ago, but 93 cases were reported in the Keys during 2009 and 2010. Nicknamed "breakbone fever," dengue is a viral disease with severe flu-like symptoms. Though it is not fatal, victims are then vulnerable to dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can be.

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0"Because the mosquito we are after is a guerilla warfare type, hiding underneath homes and in bushes, large scale spraying is not effective," Michael Doyle, Executive Director of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, told ...
0.259275"Because the mosquito we are after is a guerilla warfare type, hiding underneath homes and in bushes, large scale spraying is not effective," Michael Doyle, Executive Director of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, told ABCNews.com "In order to ensure the health and comfort of our residents and visitors, we think this is a scientifically reasonable approach to controlling this type of mosquito."
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