‘Super’ Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Detected in Asia
An Aedes aegypti mosquito.Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)Researchers in Japan say they’ve discovered “super” resistant mosquitoes in Asia. In a study published this week, they detail finding populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes—a common disease vector—in Vietnam and Cambodia carrying several mutations believed to confer strong protection against the most widely used insecticides. The discovery should merit urgent action to prevent these mutations from spreading globally, they argue.A. aegypti mosquitoes are one of…