Modified mosquitos carrying bacteria meant to interrupt the transmission of dengue have been released in Honduras, where 10,000 people are known to be sickened by the disease each year.
For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease and it goes against everything they ve learned.
For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease and it goes against everything they've learned. Which explains why a dozen people cheered last month as Tegucigalpa resident Hector Enriquez held a glass jar filled
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