Mosquito-borne illnesses, responsible for up to 750,000 deaths a year worldwide, include tropical killers such as malaria and dengue, along with terrifying upstarts like Zika, which can cause birth defects and have invaded parts of the southern United States.
Google parent company Alphabet, along with the International Atomic Energy Agency and companies and organizations including MosquitoMate and Oxitec, hope to eliminate disease-carrying mosquitos by introducing millions of sterile, non-biting male mosquitos into an infested area.
When the males mate with disease-carrying females, no babies are born. Because mosquitos have a short life, a targeted region’s mosquito population can be reduced by up to 80 percent in under a month.
Israeli startup Senecio has taken on this challenge by developing the sorting, packaging and distribution technology needed to set the plan in motion.
Read more at: https://www.israel21c.org/billions-of-sterile-mosquitos-to-eradicate-zika-malaria/
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