TEDxGuangzhou (TEDxXiguan) 2014-2023

用培育蚊子的方法抗击寨卡病毒的科学家

奚志勇

人们都讨厌蚊子，不是吗？但你知道吗，有科学家正在培育蚊子并将它们释放到城市中？这正是奚志勇教授和他的团队正在进行的研究。

他们成功地将一种名为沃尔巴克氏菌的细菌植入亚洲虎蚊体内，这种蚊子是登革热和寨卡病毒的主要传播媒介。通过这种方式，蚊子的繁殖能力被有效抑制。这种方法比使用杀虫剂对环境的影响要小得多，并且已经被推广到全球，还与国际原子能机构（IAEA）分享了研究成果。

奚志勇是中山大学和密歇根州立大学的教授。在位于广州的世界最大蚊子养殖基地，他和他的研究团队正在利用伊蚊的生物学特性来对抗它自身的威胁。

这一计划旨在压制能够传播登革热和寨卡病毒的蚊子，目前取得的成果令人鼓舞，展现出巨大的潜力。

The scientists who raise mosquitos to fight zika

Zhiyong Xi

People hate mosquitos don’t they, do you know there are scientists actually raising mosquitos and releasing them into cities? This is exactly what Professor Zhiyong Xi and his team have been doing.

By successfully put Wolbachia, a kind of bacteria, onto Asian Tiger Mosquito, the main carrier of Dengue Fever and Zika virus, eliminating their ability of reproduction. This method has a less environmental effect than using pesticides and has been since shared with the world and IAEA.

Zhiyong Xi is professor at Sun Yat-sen University and Michigan State University. In the world’s largest farm located in Guangzhou, Xi and his team of researchers are experimenting with using the biology of the Aedes mosquito against itself.

It’s all part of a plan to suppress a mosquito that can transmit Dengue Fever and the Zika virus. And so far, the results are promising.