Unlike the chemical pesticides currently sprayed in water bodies to kill mosquito larvae, which are toxic to many organisms in the water body and can contaminate drinking water and agricultural ...
In the absence of an effective vaccine that protects humans from dengue, limiting contact between people and vectors is the most effective way ... to kill immature or adult mosquitoes.
The program, which has been in place since 2016, uses larvicide to kill mosquito larvae before they hatch ... The larvicide is made up of two naturally occurring bacteria found in soil ...