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Genetically-modified mosquitoes key to stopping Zika virus spread


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IMAGE: Dr. Alexander Franz is an associate professor in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic a public health emergency of international concern due to the virus causing birth defects for pregnant women in addition to neurological problems. Since then, researchers have wrestled with different strategies for controlling the spread of Zika virus, which gets transmitted to humans from female mosquito bites.
One approach, which was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency in May, will release more than 750 million genetically modified mosquitos into the Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022. These suicide mosquitos are genetically-altered to produce offspring that die before emerging into adults and therefore cannot bite humans and spread disease. ....

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