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Mosquito test project wins $100,000 Gates Foundation grant

13 November 2015
The Aedes aegypti mosquito.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito.

A University of Queensland project to develop a portable test to detect mosquitoes carrying dengue fever has won a $100,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenges grant. Full details here.

 

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