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Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control dengue fever.
The World Health Organization is paying close attention to the mosquito releases in Honduras .
The Wolbachia strategy has been decades in the making and is being tested in more than a dozen countries.
A large-scale field trial in Indonesia showed a 76% drop in reported dengue cases after Wolbachia -infected mosquitoes were released.
The World Mosquito Program has run trials affecting 11 million people across 14 countries.
It isn't clear whether the bacteria will work equally well against all strains of the virus, or if some strains might become resistant over time.
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