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‘Weaponized’ Mosquitoes Designed To Neutralize Mosquito-Borne Diseases Approved for Massachusetts, New Hampshire

November 12, 2017

Male mosquitoes that don’t bite human beings are infected with bacteria so that when they mate with female disease-bearing Asian tiger mosquitoes the eggs don’t hatch. The diseases targeted include the Zika virus, dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya.