La inusual estrategia para combatir el dengue en EEUU

Los Ángeles lanzó un programa piloto para abordar la creciente población de mosquitos Aedes aegypti, conocidos por transmitir enfermedades como el dengue, el zika y el chikungunya.

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La estrategia implica la liberación de decenas de miles de mosquitos machos estériles en el ambiente local, los cuales fueron esterilizados mediante irradiación en laboratorios.

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Estos mosquitos estériles buscan aparearse con hembras salvajes, pero al no poder reproducirse, se espera que reduzcan significativamente la población de Aedes aegypt

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El Aedes aegypti se ha adaptado para vivir en entornos humanos y se reproduce en recipientes pequeños como tapas de botellas y tazones para perros.

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El costo del programa piloto es aproximadamente de 255.000 dólares del presupuesto anual de 24,8 millones de dólares del Distrito de Control de Vectores del Condado de Los Ángeles.

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Los Ángeles lanzó un programa piloto para abordar la creciente población de mosquitos Aedes aegypti, conocidos por transmitir enfermedades como el dengue, el zika y el chikungunya.

La estrategia implica la liberación de decenas de miles de mosquitos machos estériles en el ambiente local, los cuales fueron esterilizados mediante irradiación en laboratorios.

Estos mosquitos estériles buscan aparearse con hembras salvajes, pero al no poder reproducirse, se espera que reduzcan significativamente la población de Aedes aegypt

El Aedes aegypti se ha adaptado para vivir en entornos humanos y se reproduce en recipientes pequeños como tapas de botellas y tazones para perros.

¿Cómo se reproduce?

El costo del programa piloto es aproximadamente de 255.000 dólares del presupuesto anual de 24,8 millones de dólares del Distrito de Control de Vectores del Condado de Los Ángeles.