Brazil to Sterilize Zika Mosquitoes with Radiation
John Hayward
Kostas Bourtzis, a molecular biologist working with the IAEA, told Reuters that “a Brazilian organisation called Moscamed will breed up to 12 million male mosquitoes a week and then sterilize them with the irradiator, produced by Canadian company MDS Nordion.
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