SEEDA grant to tackle Asian tiger mosquito menace

Tuesday, August 11th 2009

Oxitec has been awarded a South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) Research and Development grant to develop its technology for the control of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus.
The Asian tiger mosquito transmits the viral diseases dengue fever and chikungunya. Together with the related mosquito Aedes aegypti, the Asian tiger mosquito has been spread rapidly [...]