Aedes aegypti Mosquito, a common vector of dengue fever and yellow fever

British Company Offers No Reassurance to Concerns of Proposal to Release GM Mosquitoes in U.S.

British company Oxitec is petitioning the U.S. Government for permission to release male GE Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that contain a gene whereby they die unless receiving an antidote in the form of antibiotic tetracycline.