Quoted from The Globaltimes, Tuesday (31/8/2021), the head of the research team said this is the only modern biological technology that has the potential to eradicate certain mosquitoes in an area and control disease transmission.
Anti-mosquito techniques use radiation to extinguish the reproductive capacity of male mosquitoes. Once released, these sterile males will mate with wild females without producing offspring.
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According to local media, the International Atomic Energy Agency praised the anti-mosquito research by the Nuclear Technology Research and Development Center of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), which was set up in partnership with Sun Yat-sen University in 2020.
According to Shenzhen Special Department CAEA Center Director Wu Zhongdao, the application of green nuclear technology with sterilization techniques mosquito has a strong and long-lasting effectiveness, without chemical pollution that harms other animals or drug resistance in mosquitoes.
Wu noted that this is the only modern biological technology that has the potential to eradicate certain mosquitoes in an area and control disease transmission.
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The World Health Organization estimates that mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 700,000 people every year.
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