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By Paloma Almoguera Singapore, Oct 8 (EFE).- In Singapore, encountering a swarm of millions mosquitoes may paradoxically offer protection against dengue fever. But how? The island has undertaken the "Wolbachia Project,” which involves releasing thousands of mosquitoes inoculat

Evidence suggests the lab-bred insects can slow the spread of dengue, but they are difficult to mass produce.

SINGAPORE - About 200 million Wolbachia-Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have been bred at the National Environment Agency's (NEA) "mosquito factory" since it was opened in 2019 and then released in certain areas of the island. This is part of the agency's fight against dengue in the Republic. But it will be some time before Project Wolbachia expands to other parts of...

SINGAPORE - In a white-walled room inside a production facility at a quiet industrial park in Ang Mo Kio, 28,000 mosquitoes are buzzing. They are bred there under Project Wolbachia, one of Singapore's weapons in the war against dengue. Under the scheme, which was launched in 2016, the mosquitoes themselves are made to fight the mosquito-borne disease. Male Aedes aegypti...

This is part of the agency's fight against dengue in the Republic. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

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