Hong Kong plans new trial of infecting male mosquitoes to halt offspring growth

Hong Kong will trial a “mosquito-to-control-mosquito” strategy next year, under which the insect males are infected with bacteria to prevent their offspring from reaching maturity, following the city’s first local dengue fever case in over a year. Announcing the strategy on Sunday, Director of Food
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