Nuclear Technique Helps Fight Mosquito-borne Illnesses

14 November 2019

The IAEA, FAO, WHO and other international organizations that support the Special Programme for Research on Tropical Diseases (TDR) are partnering to use the nuclear sterile insect technique in the fight against diseases carried by mosquitoes such as dengue and the Zika virus. This animation explains the technology behind this approach.

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Sterile insect technique
Exploring Genetic, Molecular, Mechanical and Behavioural Methods of Sex Separation in Mosquitoes
Preventing Procreation: The IAEA's Research for Mosquito Control
World-Wide Directory of SIT Facilities (DIR-SIT)

Zika Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications Department of Technical Cooperation Infectious diseases Technical cooperation programme Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization Insect Pest Control Section Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture Food and agriculture Food and agriculture Malaria Nuclear diagnostics for different diseases Sterile insect technique Sterile insect technique Insect pest control Insect pest control

Nuclear Technique Helps Fight Mosquito-borne Illnesses

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