Reunion Island deploys sterile mosquitoes to stop the spread of disease

Reunion Island deploys sterile mosquitoes to stop the spread of disease

Tiger mosquitoes on France's Reunion Island are being driven back by a new method that releases sterilised males into the wild – a technique scientists say could halt epidemics of diseases spread by the insects' bites, including dengue and chikungunya.

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