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To combat prevalence of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito in Jamaica, local researchers are looking to sterilise the vector’s male population to help reduce the species’ overall population. Johann Antoine, research scientist at the International Centre.
Dr Sheena Francis, senior lecturer and research fellow at the Natural Products Institute at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is researching countermeasures that Jamaica can employ against the growing Aedes aegypti mosquito population.