Identifying Zika-transmitting mosquito fast, cheaply, and on the go

Mongabay
Oct 3, 2018, 10:00 am405 pts
A team at University of Texas Austin has developed a new method for identifying whether a mosquito is of the Aedes aegypti species, which is responsible for transmitting Zika, dengue and other deadly diseases. The method can easily be conducted while out in the field and does not need much more than a cell…

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