The technology is hidden in an artificial flower designed to attract mosquitoes and treat them with pathogen-killing drugs that allow the insects to live and continue to perform important functions such as pollinating flowers and serving as food for animals and other insects.
Once mosquitoes take in the antiviral formula in the traps, it works with their system to block the development of the disease, killing it but not the mosquito.
A 'Flower' That Delivers Disease-Killing Treatments to Mosquitoes: Scientific American
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MIT Holding and the PROVECTOR Highlighted on the Savannah, GA CBS Affiliate News Broadcast
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