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2023-06-15 16:45:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 98F8CCD75EDDCADC834DCCA020B57F292F22DDD94B7210A59B053353925E47B8
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The World Mosquito Program is run by Monash University https://www.monash.edu/industry/why-work-with-us/success-stories/dengue it has multiple funding sources https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/monash-at-the-frontier-of-health-innovation https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/change-it.-for-good.-new-campaign-council-chair-extends-commitment-in-support-of-world-mosquito-program https://gillespie.foundation/about-the-foundation/ https://www.gatesnotes.com/Mosquito-Factory https://www.gatesnotes.com/Why-I-Gave-Blood-to-Defeat-Dengue-Mosquito-Week The mosquitos carry Wolbachia, a natural bacteria infects insects https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/learn/faqs https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/community/emerging-methods/wolbachia.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6944334/ They spread the bacteria to other mosquitos, which makes them less likely to transmit Dengue fever. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2030243 https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/work/wolbachia-method
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