Scientists engineer mosquito STD to combat malaria

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. To combat the deadly diseases spread by mosquitoes, entomologists often turn to the blood-sucking insect's reproductive life. Deactivating their sperm, using a mosquito kill bucket to take out mosquito larvae, and now researchers are creating something akin to a sexually-transmitted disease just for mosquitoes. In a study published earlier this year in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of scientists from the United States and Burkina Faso in West Africa, detailed how they delivered a deadly fungal infection to female mosquitoes. The females are the ones who bite and spread disease to humans.