Controlling Dengue fever, improving lives | Wellcome

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Publicado 2011-10-24
Dengue is a potentially fatal disease spread by infected female mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti species. Bed nets are of little use because this species of mosquito also bites during the day. With no vaccine and more than 2.5 billion people worldwide at risk of infection, new methods to prevent the spread of this debilitating disease are urgently needed.

In this short film, hear how Oxford-based firm Oxitec are pioneering a molecular biology approach to generate genetically sterilised mosquitoes as a means of preventing the spread of Dengue infection. The team have received a Translation Award to support controlled open field trials of their technology in Malaysia.

A film made in collaboration with Barry J Gibb

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Todos los comentarios (16)
  • @asimandaysha7317
    My family was once victum 2 years back. Was so painful. That's year number of cases had been reported again
  • @Zuaachen
    Is this approach being tested in the case of Malaria, another mosquito-borne disease?
  • @Amritpalsingh-mc4kx
    You shared very good information. My uncle had dengue. He felt that now he will not be able to survive. He went to many hospitals but could not recover. Then someone called him about Planet Ayurveda. He went there and got his treatment started, now he is fine. If you have this type of problem or any other type of health problem. you should go to Planet Ayurveda.
  • @seokq
    I got bit from one and I keep coughing and I vomited one Tim what does that mean?
  • @MunnaLite
    plz help me my father got dengue fever. what i can do now? please help me
  • @WarmongerWW3
    @UskaGrazia Let them do it. These third world countries are a good laboratory. Think about the possibilities for population control by killing human populations through genetically modified vectors.
  • @ada9471
    After killing one dangue here I am
  • @eileenesperanza
    I thought Oxitec was a business, not a charitable organization? Aedes aegypti is not the only vector for dengue, so I don't understand why helping a country such as Panama (with both aegypti and albopictus transmitting dengue) to eliminate one species isn't just setting the people up to have to pay you guys to create one for albopictus down the road? Doing this halfway will give genetic engineering a bad rap as being only effective for a limited time =(