Sugar Bait Against Viruses: How to Feed a Mosquito Its Medicine
Sugar water laced with medicine is not a poison but a way to cure a mosquito of the virus it carries. In the past, mosquitoes were fought with insecticides that kill insects, but they quickly get used to poisons, and the chemicals harm nature. Now scientists are proposing a different path: instead of destroying the carrier, make sure the virus inside it cannot replicate.