Zika Crisis - The IAEA Responds

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The IAEA is providing nuclear-related technology to countries affected by the Zika virus in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

After twelve years of research at IAEA laboratories, a pest control technique that uses radiation to sterilize is being transferred to the region where it will be integrated in national mosquito control programmes and further developed. 

The method is known as the sterile insect technique (SIT). 

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Zika Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications Department of Technical Cooperation Infectious diseases Nuclear science Technical cooperation programme Nuclear research Nuclear technology and applications Insect Pest Control Section Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture Sterile insect technique Insect pest control Health Latin America and the Caribbean

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