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Genetically modified mosquitoes may be best weapon for curbing disease transmission

Mosquitoes are some of the most deadly creatures on the planet. They carry viruses, bacteria and parasites, which they transmit through bites, infecting some 700 million people and killing more than 1 million each year.

Aug 20, 2018

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54 percent of pregnant women use insecticides that are harmful to the foetus

Pregnancy and infancy are the periods of greatest vulnerability to the use of household insecticides. This is one of the findings of the first study of its kind to be carried out in Spain, which concludes that more than half ...

Jun 20, 2013

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UN appeals for $3.2 billion to meet malaria goal

(AP) -- The global campaign to fight malaria is appealing for $3.2 billion to try to reach the U.N. goal of "near-zero" deaths from the mosquito-borne disease by 2015.

Apr 24, 2012

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Genetically modified mosquitoes may be best weapon for curbing disease transmission

54 percent of pregnant women use insecticides that are harmful to the foetus

UN appeals for $3.2 billion to meet malaria goal

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