A low-tech mosquito trap might help control the
mosquitoes that spread Zika virus, as well as other viruses such as
dengue and chikungunya, government researchers said Tuesday.
The traps cut in half the number of cases of chikungunya when
they were used in a few neighborhoods in Puerto Rico over the winter, a
team at Puerto Rico's health department and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said.
"We think if it's effective against chikungunya virus transmission, then
it should be effective against transmission of other pathogens, such as
dengue and Zika viruses," said Tyler Sharp, an epidemiologist at the
CDC's dengue branch in Puerto Rico.
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Source: NBC News
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