mosquito-borne infection, dengue fever

Healthy people, healthy environment

Poorly girl, mosquito-borne infection, dengue fever

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 map

Dengue fever is now endemic in over 100 countries across the world

Oxitec Lab

There are more than 50 million cases of dengue reported each year, at a cost of over $4 billion to the global economy

Smiling Boy

The only way to prevent dengue virus transmission is to combat the disease-carrying mosquitoes

Happy boy

Oxitec develops effective and environment-friendly techniques to control insects that are damaging to agriculture and public health

Oxitec is a pioneer in controlling insects that spread disease and damage crops.

Through world class science we are playing our part in tackling the major global challenges of keeping people healthy and increasing food production. And we are doing so in a way that is sustainable, environmentally friendly and cost effective.