How do the reactions of the Juazeiro residents to the use of OX513A mosquitoes compare with the reactions of the Key West residents? What might account for the differences in the reactions of the two populations?

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Beatrice Clayton

20 March, 09:44

How do the reactions of the Juazeiro residents to the use of OX513A mosquitoes compare with the reactions of the Key West residents? What might account for the differences in the reactions of the two populations?

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Alanna Herring · Answer 1

The question concerns dengue viruses infected by mosquitoes and how it was treated differently in two different places. In Brazilian city, Juazeiro, there is an insect research facility which uses a mosquito against mosquitoes. A mosquito named OX513A is an unharmful mosquito which destroys harmful mosquitoes carrying dengue virus. For the same situation, in Key West, Florida people were not okay with the introduction of the new insect. The center of the disagreement was actually people's fear. It was fear that was driving them to go against the new methodology. However, the new solution was much better alternative.