Oct. 10 (UPI) --The world's largest factory that produces mosquitoes that can prevent dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses from reproducing has opened in Curitiba, Brazil, aiming to boost protection ...

The Wolbachia method is a safe, natural and non-GMO technique that introduces Wolbachia bacteria into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, preventing them from transmitting viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chik ...

Inside a small building in eastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Cátia Cabral holds up a jar filled with what looks like fine black pepper. But this ain't pepper. Each granule is actually a tiny mosquito ...

Brazil has unveiled the world's largest biofactory dedicated to breeding mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria, an innovative method poised to safeguard an estimated 140 million people from ...

DHAKA, May 6, 2026 (BSS) - Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has said the piloting project to strengthen dengue control efforts through the Wolbachia method is in ...

For more than two decades, Luciano Moreira has played a defining role in the development and large-scale deployment of the World Mosquito Program’s Wolbachia method of breeding mosquitoes that can’t ...