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Is it most mosquitoes, or is it primarily aedis aegypti? I could swear I read that particular species was responsible for most mosquito-bourne disease, but I c
by ravenstine 6y ago
Is it most mosquitoes, or is it primarily aedis aegypti? I could swear I read that particular species was responsible for most mosquito-bourne disease, but I can't seem to find much information for the proportion between it and other species.
If they disproportionally kill even more than other mosquitoes, that also puts things into greater perspective. Perhaps if we could target this particular species, it would save millions of human lives.
- DaniFong 6y agoi know someone who wants to do this, and probably can.
- divbzero 6y agoIs that “someone” funded by the Gates Foundation? [1] [2] [1]: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Mosquito-Week-2018 https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Mosquito-Week-2018 [2]: https://www.geekwire.com/2018/gates-foundation-teams-oxitec-new-breed-malaria-blocking-mosquito/ https://www.geekwire.com/2018/gates-foundation-teams-oxitec-...
- dekhn 6y agoFrom Project Debug, Verily's attempt at reduction of mosquito problems: https://debug.com/ https://debug.com/ """Mosquitoes kill more people than every other animal combined. One species, Aedes aegypti, carries diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya which make hundreds of millions of people sick every year"""