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Mosquito Experiment Halts Dengue Fever
蚊子实验阻止了登革热
A successful experiment to combat a dengue fever outbreak in Australia has given scientists new hope in halting mosquito-borne diseases. In 2014, scientists infected a large number of captive mosquitoes with a bacteria that prevents insects from transmitting viruses. That year citizens of Townsville, Australia including schoolchildren, helped release the special mosquitoes in areas where they normally breed. For the past four years, there has not been a dengue fever outbreak in this region. Scientists hope to repeat this experiment on a larger scale in regions where other mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and malaria are problematic.
一项针对澳大利亚登革热疫情的成功实验为科学家们提供了阻止蚊子传播疾病的新希望。2014年，科学家用大量的细菌感染了蚊子，这些细菌可以防止昆虫传播病毒。那一年，澳大利亚汤斯维尔的市民，包括学童，帮忙把这种特殊的蚊子投放在蚊子正常繁殖的地区。在过去四年中，该地区没有爆发过登革热疫情。科学家希望以更大的规模在其他受蚊子传播疾病困扰的地区重复这项实验，如寨卡病毒和疟疾感染区。
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