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Brazil’s Disease-Fighting Mosquitoes

NYT World Thursday 13 August 2026, 14:58 UTC By Apoorva Mandavilli, Leila Medina, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Joey Sendaydiego and Tuna Mayer 1 min read
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Our reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, goes inside a mosquito factory in Brazil, where scientists are producing millions of mosquitoes to fight deadly tropical diseases in a warming world.

Our reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, goes inside a mosquito factory in Brazil, where scientists are producing millions of mosquitoes to fight deadly tropical diseases in a warming world.
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