Plutôt que d'utiliser davantage d'insecticides, des chercheurs misent sur une arme inattendue : les moustiques eux-mêmes. En Australie, un lâcher de mâles a fortement fait reculer une espèce invasive vectrice de maladies.
- Professor, The University of Queensland
The results were striking: mosquito populations in towns where our mosquitoes were released declined.
Upscaling the success of emerging mosquito control technologies relies on automating the rearing and release of millions of mosquitoes. Australia is to become the testing ground for a novel strategy.
An Australian native mosquito has for the first time been detected in urban California, in the latest wave of mozzies hitching rides to new destinations. While it is unlikely to pose a significant health…
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