A scientific paper published last year highlighted how dengue has surged in recent years. In 2000, just eight states and union territories had reported dengue cases; by 2019, it had spread to 35 states and UTs, with cases rising eleven-fold.
As 50 people so far have died in UP district due to dengue and viral fever, a real-world study has found a way to cut dengue transmission using bacteria infected mosquitoes to drive dengue out of the infected mosquitoes. Here’s what we know so far.