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More than 50% of the world's population is at risk from the mosquito-borne infection, dengue fever
Dengue fever is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian countries and there is no specific treatment
Dengue fever is now endemic in over 100 countries across the world
There are more than 50 million cases of dengue reported each year, at a cost of over $4 billion to the global economy
The only way to prevent dengue virus transmission is to combat the disease-carrying mosquitoes
Oxitec develops effective and environment-friendly techniques to control insects that are damaging to agriculture and public health
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