Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Precautions taken to the Zika virus

Widely used as a new method of combating mosquitoes genetically modified Zika virus found in South America developed.

Defective carrying out work to combat the virus to cause birth British biotechnology company Oxitec, diseased structures by male mosquitoes have developed a new method reduced. 
As a result of bites female mosquitoes covered by preventing the virus can infect humans Brazil's test in Piracicaba makes the company's researchers, thanks to genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes, the infected larvae carried by female mosquitoes were observed that were destroyed to a great extent. In the tests, the larvae were observed to be reduced 82 percent by this method. 
Scientists to draw lessons from the Ebola outbreak and the WHO says urgent need to establish a committee of experts. 

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