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Mutant Mosquitos

Posted by michael on from the japanese-encephalitis dept.

guacamolefoo writes "Get me Stryker now! Mutant mosquitos are spreading West Nile Virus and malaria! And to think you thought that X-men 3 would be a rehash of the Dark Phoenix saga. Real life is much more interesting."

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  1. Big surprize? by Muhammar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just induced resistance like with pathogens. This mutation confers resistance to only one common insecticide (Malathion) - so they will use another one.

    In the end, they have to remove breeding ponds, like they have done when building Panama Canal.
    Moskyto swamp solution: Nuke and pave.

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    I doubt that we will ever figure out - and I suspect that even if we did figure out we couldn't do much about it