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“Because only female mosquitoes bite humans, experts say the releases would not increase the number of biting mosquitoes.”

Since mosquitoa spread disease via bites, how would this help - unless the males mate with the females and produce other “infected” females.?

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Since mosquitoa spread disease via bites, how would this help - unless the males mate with the females and produce other “infected” females.?

I know it's traditional here to not click to source articles, but right in the middle of the excerpt..

When the infected males mate with wild female mosquitoes, the offspring do not survive, helping suppress mosquito populations over time.