Some companies are pursuing other technologies to fight Aedes Aegypti, like genetically modifying male mosquitoes so they kill females, releasing male mosquitoes that carry a particular bacteria ...

“So she makes sure you get a multiple dose,” says University of Kentucky entomologist Grayson Brown, who in March went to Brazil, where Zika has hit hard, to help lead an Aedes aegypti summit.

Female Aedes aegypti commonly lay eggs on the inner walls of artificial containers. When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval ...