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Sterilizing Mosquitos Could Save Thousands of Lives

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - U.N. agencies say early next year, several countries will
   begin testing a nuclear technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes to
   control the spread of dengue, Zika and chikungunya to humans. Guidance
   for testing countries has been developed by the Special Program for
   Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, the International Atomic
   Energy Agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World
   Health Organization.

   The World Health Organization says diseases transmitted by mosquitoes
   account for 17 percent of all infectious diseases globally. It says
   every year, more than 700,000 people die from diseases such as malaria,
   dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.
   

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