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Swatting deadly diseases at the source. 🦟 A new venture is taking on two of the deadliest virus-carrying mosquitos in the Pacific region – Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus – to fight the spread of deadly diseases. Mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, and yellow fever claim hundreds of thousands of lives globally each year. We've partnered with UK-based company Oxitec Ltd to launch Oxitec Australia. The new venture leverages Oxitec's proven biological Friendly™ platform, which reduces pest females and overall mosquito numbers. We're now seeking partners to accelerate its activities and product development in Australia. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/grRM4qN5
Plant Biosecurity ǀ Horticulture ǀ Agricultural Extension
2moA great initiative and one which will hopefully be expanded to employ the same technology to control pest insects in horticultural crops.