The technique known as the “sterile insect” is focused on reducing the birth rate of the ’Aedes Aegypti’ mosquito
EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 10 April 2024 — Cuba tested for the second time the technique known as the “sterile insect” aimed at reducing the birth rate of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the transmitting agent of diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya. According to official media reported this Tuesday, on this occasion a drone was used in Havana to release by air the male specimens previously sterilized with ionizing radiation so that they copulate with wild females, and thus reduce the population of Aedes aegypti.
The experiment was conducted by the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine in order to c