Inside the world's largest mosquito factory

July 15, 2016 18:58

The world's largest mosquito factory in Guangzhou, China covers an area of ​​more than 3,500 square meters and raises 20 million mosquitoes per week.

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According to Business Insider, the laboratory at the Center for Vector Control, jointly established by Sun Yat-sen University, China and the University of Michigan, USA, covers 3,500 square meters, including 4 factories specializing in raising mosquitoes.

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This factory is full of mosquitoes.

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The researchers' goal is to stop the next generation of Zika virus.

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The lab raises millions of male mosquitoes for research.

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In the lab, mosquitoes were injected with a strain of Wolbachia pipientis, a common bacterium that can block Zika virus and viruses that cause similar diseases like dengue fever.

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After infecting male mosquitoes, researchers released them onto nearby islands to mate with wild females. The bacteria were passed on to the females, rendering their eggs unfertilizable.

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Each factory produces 5 million mosquitoes a week.

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