{"id":16698,"date":"2020-08-22T06:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T06:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=16698"},"modified":"2020-08-22T06:18:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T06:18:16","slug":"genetically-modified-mosquitoes-to-be-released-in-florida-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=16698","title":{"rendered":"Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Be Released in Florida Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"News_list_rdr art\">\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h3>Latest Infectious Disease News<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) &#8212; Hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will be released into the Florida Keys to test if they can help control <i>Aedes aegypti<\/i> mosquitoes that carry several deadly diseases, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/zika_virus\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">Zika<\/a>, dengue, chikungunya and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/yellow_fever\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">yellow fever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The genetically modified mosquitoes produce female offspring that die in the larval stage. 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