
Meredith Fensom: Update on Self-Limiting Mosquitoes
Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta
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Is There a Specific Mosquito That Is Problematic in Vectoring Human Disease?
Using sprays in using chemistry, you're not only inducing selection of the ones that are immune to those chemicals, but they're also non specific, so you affect every insect. So having a mosquito based control is is is a good move, one that's specific to mosquitoes. And when you ere talking about this particular mosquito, mosquito, this is what hundreds of different kinds of insects. Is there a specific one that is problematic in vectoring human diseaseat while there are a number the there are,. There ae number of mosquitoes species that are especially problematic vectoring human diseases.
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