In Valencia, the innovative approach of sterilising male tiger mosquitoes through ionising radiation aims to control their population and curb mosquito-borne diseases affecting humans.
Using their knowledge gained from fruit flies, researchers in Valencia are adapting sterilisation techniques to combat the rise of tiger mosquitoes, which have grown due to climate change.
With areas in Europe facing increasing cases of mosquito-borne diseases, this initiative represents an urgent response to public health risks associated with the rising populations of Aedes albopictus.
Vicente Dalmau highlights how climate change contributes to creating favourable conditions for tiger mosquitoes, leading to an extended breeding period and a rising threat to public health.
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