AE 1065 - The Goss: Going to Biological War with Mosquitoes

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Hey, you guys! What's going on?I got my dad Ian Smissen on the podcast today to talk about a new Australian research!Thanks to research carried out in north Queensland, mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever, and Zika virus could be reduced widely.You see, Australia is a very large continent where there are many areas of mosquito infestation.By injecting male mosquitoes with the sterilised Wolbachia bacteria, they were able to prevent the mosquitoes from producing offspring -- no more mosquitoes!Join us today as we chat about how using this world mosquito program can save lives in and out of Australia.Improve your listening skills today – listen, play, & pause this episode – and start speaking like a native English speaker!