Scientists believe they have found a quirky way to fight mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika - by turning male insects deaf so they struggle to mate and breed.
These sprayings typically aim to control the larvae of a different type of mosquito, Culex, that can spread West Nile virus and which — unlike the Aedes species, which thrive in urban habitats — are ...
Dengue virus is typically spread when a person is bitten by an infected Aedes mosquito, county health officials stated. When a mosquito bites someone who has dengue virus in their blood ...