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Barcelona releases Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to curb tiger mosquito population

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Barcelona has released more than 1.5 million male tiger mosquitoes carrying a parasite that stops their eggs from hatching. It is the first large-scale deployment of the technique in Europe, part of a pilot to shrink the city's Aedes albopictus population.

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In Barcelona, we are talking about the first example of a real introduction in the public spaces of the city.

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There is no single magic solution to stop the spread of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases. We are always talking about integrated mosquito management, but this is a new solution that can help us in a different way, so it's promising.

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