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Does anyone know what eradication techniques they used to such great effect on malaria, but allowed for an increase in dengue? I would've expected malaria and d
by jfoster 10y ago
Does anyone know what eradication techniques they used to such great effect on malaria, but allowed for an increase in dengue? I would've expected malaria and dengue to move together for any commonly used eradication technique.
- tim333 10y agoDifferent mosquitos >Success in controlling malaria over the past century has been attributed predominantly to widespread implementation of insecticide-treated bednets, household spraying of residual insecticides, and effective drugs to reduce mortality and interrupt transmission doesn't work with Dengue because they bite during the day and there are no effective drugs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574272/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574272/ though there are other ways we might take out the aegypti blighters https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600689/we-have-the-technology-to-destroy-all-zika-mosquitoes/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600689/we-have-the-techno... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11536074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11536074