Diseases such as malaria are the main diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, which kill millions of people each year, and sterilizing mosquitoes is a way to stop them from spreading their disease.

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Diseases such as malaria are the main diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, which kill millions of people each year, and sterilizing mosquitoes is a way to stop them from spreading their disease. - DayDayNews

If you can really kill mosquitoes, the mosquito lamps, mosquito nets, mosquito repellent plants , mosquito coils, etc. at home will become collectibles.

In fact, as early as July 21, 2019, Chinese scientists released 200 million male mosquitoes that had lost fertility to the two islands in Guangzhou, basically eliminating the mosquito population on the island. Because males Aedes aegypti will not bite people and will not spread diseases, their existence is to "break the back" of female Aedes aegypti. Scientists released more than 200 million male Asian tiger mosquitoes to Shazai Island and Dadaosha, which had a severe epidemic in dengue fever and . These mosquitoes lost their ability to reproduce by briefly exposed to gamma rays. The male mosquitoes also feed sugar to make them bigger and stronger, attracting female mosquitoes more during mating season, and the eggs laid by females who mate with these males will not hatch. After two years of experiment, the wild mosquito population basically disappeared.

Diseases such as malaria are the main diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, which kill millions of people each year, and sterilizing mosquitoes is a way to stop them from spreading their disease. - DayDayNews

Diseases such as malaria are the main diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, which kill millions of people each year, and sterilizing mosquitoes is a way to stop them from spreading their disease. - DayDayNews

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