{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/68bbd77485f434282539c4d3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz","description":"<p>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&nbsp;<em>Wolbachia</em>&nbsp;bacteria that curbs their ability to spread deadly human viruses.&nbsp;<em>Nature</em>&nbsp;reporter Mariana Lenharo visited the facility and told us all about her experience in this Podcast Extra.</p><p><br></p><p><em>News:</em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02728-y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>This is the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’: its goal is to stop dengue</em></a></p><p><em>Video:</em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3NcbTDRS_0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inside a mosquito factory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></strong></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}