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Battle of the mosquitoes

Nature Medicine volume 31, pages 1722–1726 (2025)Cite this article

Malaria has found a new ally in the concrete jungle — but scientists are fighting back with mosquitoes of their own.

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Fig. 1: Mosquito modification.

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Fig. 2: The spread of invasive mosquitoes.

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Adepoju, P. Battle of the mosquitoes. Nat Med 31, 1722–1726 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03753-0

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