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Zika Virus: Gene-Altering Technology
Provides Hope For Aedes Aegypti Eradication
The Inquisitr
September 2, 2016
http://www.inquisitr.com/3476936/zika-virus-gene-altering-
technology-provides-hope-for-aedes-aegypti-eradication/
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The danger of mosquitoes has only recently been a widely-discussed topic
with the Zika virus becoming a more prevalent threat in the United States.
Scientists have a radical new idea that could eliminate the threat of the
most common Zika-spreading mosquito, Aedes Aegypti, by totally eradicating
the species.
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Unlike many proposals that garner scorn from the scientific community,
this particular idea to combat the Zika virus has gained support from
several prominent individuals. One such person, entomologist Zach Adelman
who is a virologist and associate professor of entomology at Texas A&M
University, told the Wall Street Journal that eliminating this mosquito
would be like cleaning up a global mess.
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I think it is our moral duty to eliminate this mosquito, Adelman says.
And with these mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus reproducing like mad,
there is only one solution to eradicate them, which is to turn them all
into males.
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Eventually, the mosquitoes would run out of mates, which would be a
man-made type of extinction which doesnt usually gain approval in the
scientific community. Gregory Kaebnick, a research scholar at the Hastings
Center, a bioethics research institute in Garrison, N.Y., said that wiping
a species off the face of the earth is an unfortunate thing to have to do
and we ought to try not to do it. But Omar Akbari, a molecular biologist
and assistant professor of entomology at the University of California,
Riverside, says Aedes aegypti is literally probably the most dangerous
animal in the world.
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In the United States, Miami, Fla. is experiencing the most serious threat
from the Zika virus due to the areas ideal climate and moisture levels.
Matthew DeGennaro studies mosquitoes at Florida International, and he
described the insects talents for locating humans to WLRN.
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At a distance, a mosquito senses the carbon dioxide from you, DeGenanaro
said. They fly closer to you, then they start smelling your body odor. And
then, as they get a little closer to you, they sense the heat thats coming
off your body. Then they land on you.
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And the problem with these crafty mosquitoes is that they have adapted to
thrive among humans and get their tasty blood meal by any means necessary.
Another FIU researcher, Mario Perez, says Aedes aegypti targets the ankles
because were less likely to notice them and swat the Zika virus carriers
there.
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As different pesticide tactics have been used to combat the insects, it
turns out that even those chemicals may be making the mosquitoes stronger.
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