Atomic radiation used to combat dengue outbreak in Argentina.

Argentina is using atomic radiation to sterilize mosquitoes before releasing them into the wild to combat one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years. The country has recorded over 41,000 cases of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes this year. The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) is sterilizing 10,000 males per week and aims to increase that to 500,000 to reduce the population of the vector mosquito. Dengue is transmitted through the bites of aedes aegypti mosquitoes and its symptoms include fever, eye, head, muscle and joint pain, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.