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brunoha t1_ivgawh8 wrote

Reply to comment by runetrantor in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

The article states that it is already being tested on Brazil, I have no idea of Dengue problems at the other spanish speaking countries of SA, but should be easy to spread it to them considering this.

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PrivateRedditUser224 t1_ivgo3fi wrote

I grew up in venezuela and everyone had to get mandatory vaccines for typhoid, dengue, hepatitis A and yellow fever in school every year.

They were needed otherwise medical systems would be super strung during the rain season and even more people would die. Pretty shitty deaths too and it greatly affected kids.

Malaria was also around but there wasnt a vaccine for it. Seems the first one just got approved which is great

Edit: thank you for pointing out the dengue vaccine is a new development. I forgot there was no vaccine for it until this year.

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websurv t1_ivgx36t wrote

Isn’t dengue vaccine a recent development.

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Thepopewearsplaid t1_ivimj8g wrote

There's a vaccine for dengue? Since when? How good is it?

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PrivateRedditUser224 t1_ivqhkfo wrote

I was wrong. There wasn't one back then, it was just one of the more common diseases to deal with and I forgot there wasn't a vax.

Like someone else pointed out, it is a very recent development from this year so I don't know much about it

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twisted_cistern t1_ivghenv wrote

How about in other Portuguese speaking countries?

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the-crotch t1_ivhxmlb wrote

Are there any in South America? I'm aware of a couple in Africa, and Portugal of course.

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twisted_cistern t1_iviqjjs wrote

Brazil is in South America...

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the-crotch t1_ivj7o37 wrote

I meant are there any others, the guy I was replying to asked about other Portuguese speaking countries.

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twisted_cistern t1_ivkl83t wrote

Brunhoa originally said Brazil and then referred to other Spanish speaking countries...

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runetrantor t1_ivh293g wrote

At least in Venezuela, mosquitoes are like, the cause of like 3-4 'big no no' diseases. Dengue, Zika, and Chicunguña (hell if I know how to spell it in spanish, nevermind in english)

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