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Alwayssunnyinarizona t1_ivgl35e wrote

Reply to comment by Urag-gro_Shub in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

Aedes aegypti, an important vector for Dengue and the subject of the study, was brought to the New World during the slave trade 500yrs ago. Seems like the New World had been doing fine in its absence before then.

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nevadagrl435 t1_ivji9ga wrote

In the case of Southern California they’ve been here ten years. It barely gets to freezing at night so they never die off. They’re so new people don’t know what to do about them. If dengue ever makes it to Southern California the people here are fucked.

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Alwayssunnyinarizona t1_ivka083 wrote

It's odd that it hasn't, there's enough movement of people from endemic areas into Southern California.

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nevadagrl435 t1_ivkaw3m wrote

Per the news they came in on a shipment of lucky bamboo around 2011.

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