Oxitec Reports Suppression of Dengue Mosquito in Brazilian Trials
June 13, 2013| |
OXITEC'S ground-breaking approach to pest control has been demonstrated in a further trial carried out by Moscamed in Brazil. Moscamed achieved a 96% suppression of the dengue mosquito in the village of Mandacaru, Bahia state, Brazil.
Scientists from Oxitec together with Moscamed and the University of Sao Paulo, Oxitec's partners in Brazil, are collaborating to carry out field demonstrations of Oxitec's technology against the dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti. In Mandacaru, a village near the city of Juazeiro, releases of the genetically engineered ‘sterile' OX513A mosquitoes resulted in a 96% reduction of the wild mosquito population in the target area after only 6 months.
For more info contact Michael.conway@oxitec.com and iana@moscamed.org.br.
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