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Because aedes aegypti is a weak flier, strong winds can push the mosquitoes far from their preferred habitat. 73 The arrival of the nortes coincided with the end of the rainy season, curtailing the breeding of any remaining mosquitoes until a new cycle could begin the following spring.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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The struggle will be concentrated fundamentally against the Aedes aegypti, which is he transmitter of this disease and which can also be a transmitter of even worse diseases, such as yellow fever.
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[15], but Ae. albopictus exploits a wider range of breeding sites than Ae. aegypti, which is classically more dependent on artificial breeding sites than
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Another 6,000 wild male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were also placed in the area for scientific comparison, it said in a statement.
6,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released Into The Forest To Fight Dengue Fever AP 2011
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The field test is meant to pave the way for the official use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes to mate with females and produce offspring with shorter lives, thus curtailing the mosquito population.
6,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released Into The Forest To Fight Dengue Fever AP 2011
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Only female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread dengue fever, which killed 134 people in Malaysia last year.
6,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released Into The Forest To Fight Dengue Fever AP 2011
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The field test is meant to pave the way for the official use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes to mate with females and produce offspring with shorter lives, thus curtailing the mosquito population.
6,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released Into The Forest To Fight Dengue Fever AP 2011
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Only female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread dengue fever, which killed 134 people in Malaysia last year.
6,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released Into The Forest To Fight Dengue Fever AP 2011
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The field test is meant to pave the way for the official use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes to mate with females and produce offspring with shorter lives, thus curtailing the mosquito population.
6,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released Into The Forest To Fight Dengue Fever AP 2011
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Another 6,000 wild male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were also placed in the area for scientific comparison, it said in a statement.
6,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released Into The Forest To Fight Dengue Fever AP 2011
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