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China deploys 'mosquito vs mosquito' tactics in battle against Chikungunya outbreak

CHINA NEWS
31-07-2025 14:15 HKT
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Chinese authorities are waging an unconventional war against disease-carrying mosquitoes—by releasing larger, predatory mosquitoes Toxorhynchites splendens to eat them.
Chinese authorities are waging an unconventional war against disease-carrying mosquitoes—by releasing larger, predatory mosquitoes Toxorhynchites splendens to eat them.
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