More than 3 million people worldwide die of mosquito-borne malaria and dengue. Especially during the rainy season, the mosquito infestation increases drastically. An experiment in the past year in Australia aimed at destroying mosquitoes when humans have been fighting against mosquitoes for centuries. Researchers at an organization called CSIRO produced millions of Aedes aegypti species of mosquitoes at James Cook University. Aedes aegypti is responsible for spreading diseases such as mosquito, dengue, Zika and malaria.
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were infected with a special type of bacteria. Subsequently millions of mosquitoes infected with these bacteria were released into a densely populated area of Queensland. After a few days, the number of mosquitoes that observed the mosquito bites was greatly reduced. The study revealed that the decline was due to the loss of mosquito fertility.
Not only that, the chances of mosquito breeding from her eggs were reduced by 5%. There have been previous attempts to control mosquito reproductive health but it was difficult to identify mosquitoes sick and male mosquitoes. While this new research places a special emphasis on mosquito recognition techniques. Thus controlling mosquito breeding hopes to get rid of a deadly disease like dengue.
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