Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz
Nature Podcast
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4.4 • 859 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Raising mosquitoes to tackle disease might sound like an odd concept, but that’s what a facility in Brazil is aiming to do. Millions of mosquitoes are produced there every week, but these insects carry harmless Wolbachia bacteria that curbs their ability to spread deadly human viruses. Nature reporter Mariana Lenharo visited the facility and told us all about her experience in this Podcast Extra.
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| 1:08.7 | This time, our life sciences reporter, Mariana Lanaro, |
| 1:12.2 | investigated an unusual approach to tackling mosquito-borne diseases, |
| 1:17.9 | producing more mosquitoes in the biggest mosquito factory in the world, |
| 1:23.2 | in her home of Brazil. |
| 1:25.5 | Mariana spoke about the factory and how it might help tackle deadly diseases |
| 1:29.7 | with reporter Adam Levy. Here's Adam. So as a Brazilian person, can you tell me a little bit |
| 1:35.9 | about your personal relationship with mosquitoes? Yes, so in Brazil, mosquitoes are everywhere |
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