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mosquito, mosquitoes        USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/835271594/
buzzkill

https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/about/
what-is-a-mosquito.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/
nx-s1-5193356/climate-change-dengue-fever-mosquito-mexico-brazil

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/04/
1235795657/dengue-brazil-state-of-emergency-vaccine

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/15/
1219478835/arboviruses-mosquito-tick-borne-viruses-tropical-disease

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/07/20/
1188631213/mosquitoes-spread-malaria-
these-researchers-want-them-to-fight-it-instead

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/11/01/
1133106651/this-urban-mosquito-threatens-
to-derail-the-fight-against-malaria-in-africa

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/08/18/
1118137632/mosquitoes-surprise-researcher-with-their-weird-sense-of-smell

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/28/
1020932493/how-an-altered-strand-of-dna-
can-cause-malaria-spreading-mosquitoes-to-self-dest

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/01/25/
580249397/how-to-teach-mosquitoes-to-leave-you-alone

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/
538470321/to-shrink-the-mosquito-population-
scientists-are-releasing-20-million-of-them

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/04/21/
523066394/-curiousgoat-
will-climate-change-help-ticks-and-mosquitoes-spread-disease

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/26/
479462714/to-kill-mosquitoes-that-spread-zika-
strike-before-they-fly

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/02/10/
466268138/this-mosquito-likes-us-too-much-for-our-own-good

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/22/
401469931/why-do-mosquitoes-like-to-bite-you-best-its-in-your-genes

mosquitoes > diseases > dengue        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/04/
1235795657/dengue-brazil-state-of-emergency-vaccine

https://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/
524833658/bacteria-infected-mosquitoes-tested-
as-a-way-to-control-its-population

mosquitoes > diseases >  mosquito-borne viral disease

dengue-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/04/
1235795657/dengue-brazil-state-of-emergency-vaccine

mosquitoes > diseases > malaria        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/07/20/
1188631213/mosquitoes-spread-malaria-
these-researchers-want-them-to-fight-it-instead

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/11/01/
1133106651/this-urban-mosquito-threatens-to-derail-the-fight-against-malaria-in-africa

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/28/
1020932493/how-an-altered-strand-of-dna-can-cause-malaria-spreading-mosquitoes-to-self-dest

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/14/
504732533/to-fight-malaria-scientists-try-genetic-engineering-to-wipe-out-mosquitoes

use genetic engineering

to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito

from spreading the disease        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/
health/mosquitoes-genetic-engineering.html

Aedes aegypti >

release 2.4bn genetically modified male mosquitoes

to battle deadly diseases        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/26/
us-release-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-diseases

fight to stop Zika virus >

genetically modified mosquitoes        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/26/
464464459/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-join-the-fight-to-stop-zika-virus

use a genetically modified mosquito

to control the spread of diseases

like Dengue fever and the Zika virus        USA

https://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/
464893309/scientists-use-genetic-engineering-to-vanquish-disease-carrying-insects

GMO mosquitoes        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/28/
382168407/florida-health-officials-hope-to-test-gmo-mosquitoes-this-spring

be genetically engineered

to help prevent the spread of Zika and the other viruses        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/03/
25/471304974/how-could-releasing-more-mosquitoes-help-fight-zika

cut the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

— the species responsible for spreading Zika, dengue

and chikungunya        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/
538470321/to-shrink-the-mosquito-population-scientists-are-releasing-20-million-of-them

use genetic engineering

to vanquish disease-carrying Insects        USA

https://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/
464893309/scientists-use-genetic-engineering-to-vanquish-disease-carrying-insects

mosquitoes engineered to kill their own kind        USA

https://www.npr.org/2011/11/04/
142024622/mosquitoes-engineered-to-kill-their-own-kind

genetically modified mosquitoes        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/
health/mosquitoes-genetic-engineering.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/20/
693735499/scientists-release-controversial-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-in-high-securit

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/
20/502717253/florida-keys-approves-trial-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-to-fight-zika

genetically modified bugs        USA

https://www.npr.org/2011/07/05/
137631009/can-genetically-modified-bugs-reduce-dengue-threat

genetically altered mosquitoes        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/17/
490313999/opposition-in-florida-
puts-tests-of-genetically-altered-mosquitoes-on-hold

mosquito-borne virus > Chikungunya virus        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/08/18/
1194392519/chikungunya-virus-surges-in-south-america-
but-a-new-discovery-could-help-outfox

mosquito-borne virus > Zika        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/10/09/
768629177/zika-researchers-are-learning-more-
about-the-long-term-consequences-for-children

https://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/
524833658/bacteria-infected-mosquitoes-tested-
as-a-way-to-control-its-population

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/20/
502717253/florida-keys-approves-
trial-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-to-fight-zika

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/03/25/
471304974/how-could-releasing-more-mosquitoes-help-fight-zika

mosquito-borne illnesses        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/08/29/
nx-s1-5094931/tips-to-keep-mosquitoes-at-bay-
and-stop-the-diseases-they-spread

sleeping sickness        USA

Sleeping sickness is an often fatal disease

caused by a parasite

where infected people become prone

to sleeping all day and night

as the disease progresses.

It's endemic to 36 countries in Africa,

but most cases occur

in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

There are two kinds of sleeping sicknesses,

both caused by Trypanosoma parasites.

The most common form of the disease,

and the one treated by this new drug,

is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.

Humans are the primary reservoir for the parasite,

and it is spread to others by tsetse flies.

WHO estimates

there were roughly 300,000 cases per year

in the late '90s,

but the number of cases has now dropped

to fewer than 1,000 cases per year.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/02/
1140390675/with-one-dose-new-drug-may-cure-sleeping-sickness-could-it-also-wipe-it-out

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/02/
1140390675/with-one-dose-new-drug-may-cure-sleeping-sickness-
could-it-also-wipe-it-out

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