Dengue Spreads Like Wildfire In Brazil Following Release of GM Mosquitoes

9 July 2014

 - Dengue is increasing rapidly in Brazil since the recent release of GM mosquitoes in certain areas.

Civil society groups today expressed alarm at an increase in dengue incidence, leading to an emergency decree, in a town in Brazil where releases of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes are taking place.

The promise was to create genetically modified mosquitoes that would end dengue, but results from field trials conducted in Bahia, Brazil have not been published to date and did not evaluate the relation between Aedes aegypti mosquito populations and the occurrence of dengue.