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Cuba relying on bacteria to end dengue epidemic
Havana (Cuba), Aug 21 (EFE).- (Camera: Felipe Borrego). The dengue epidemic in several Latin American countries is also affecting – albeit to a lesser degree – Cuba, where experts are relying on containing the virus with new weapons: the Wolbachia bacterium and the sterilization of male mosquitoes.
SOUND BITES: DR. MARIA GUADALUPE GUZMAN, THE RESEARCH CHIEF AT CUBA’S PEDRO KOURI TROPICAL MEDICINE INSTITUTE (IN SPANISH – SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH).
Keywords: efe,cuba,dengue,bacteria