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What If We Killed Every Mosquito On Earth?

2024-02-01

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What would happen if mosquitoes went extinct? And could this new mosquito eradicate disease? Some brilliant scientists have made all of this possible.

Special thanks to Dr. Scott O'Neill and the World Mosquito Program for their help.

Written by: Mitchell Moffit

Edited by: Luka Šarlija

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Sources and Further Reading:

https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01266-9

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02492-1

https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/news-stories/stories/dengue-cases-drop-20-year-low-aburra-valley-colombia

https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a