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How billions of hacked mosquitoes and a vaccine could beat the deadly dengue virus
The mosquito Aedes aegypti transmits dengue and other viruses. Credit: Cadu Rolim/Fotoarena via ZUMA
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Nature 645, 578-580 (2025)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02918-8
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