A company producing GM mosquitoes says it is to open a new factory in Brazil as it expand its operations.
Small-scale studies in parts of Brazil, Panama and the Cayman Islands suggest engineered sterile mosquitoes can reduce wild insect populations by more than 90% when released into the wild.
Intrexon said the facility in Piraciciba, São Paulo, will be able to protect 300,000 people.
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carry three viruses – Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya.
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