Oxitec Completes Successful Scale-Up of Next-Generation Friendly™ Mosquito Technology in Brazil Designed to Accelerate Global Impact Against Disease-Spreading Invasive Pests
To validate this next-generation Friendly Aedes aegypti in urban communities, season-long deployments against the disease-spreading Aedes aegypti mosquito were conducted across neighborhoods home to 45,000 residents in Indaiatuba.
- To validate this next-generation Friendly Aedes aegypti in urban communities, season-long deployments against the disease-spreading Aedes aegypti mosquito were conducted across neighborhoods home to 45,000 residents in Indaiatuba.
- The successes of this scale-up project are speeding the FriendlyAedes aegypti to wider impact, delivering greater affordability and operational accessibility for dengue-prone communities in Brazil and worldwide.
- Oxitec is now preparing to scale commercial operations in Brazil, rolling out FriendlyAedes aegypti to more communities, governments, and businesses over the coming mosquito season.
- Oxitec is the leading developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock.