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Genetically modified mosquitoes could soon be released in the Florida Keys to combat Zika.
转基因蚊子可能很快在佛罗里达群岛释放以对抗寨卡。
NPR reports that county residents approved a measure to allow the company Oxitec to let the bugs loose,but some residents aren't sold.
NPR报道，县居民批准一项法案允许Oxitec公司释放蚊子，但有些居民不买账。
When the modified male pests mate with regular female mosquitoes, their offspring die. That reduces the mosquito population. Oxitec's trials in Brazil and a few other countries reported massive success.
当改良的雄性蚊子与普通雌蚊交配时，它们的后代将死亡，从而减少蚊子的数量。据报道在巴西和一些其它国家，Oxitec的试验获得巨大成功。
Some residents worry the modified mosquitoes aren't safe. And while Zika is in Florida, there haven't been any locally transmitted cases in the Keys.
一些居民担心改良的蚊子不安全。虽然佛罗里达州发现过塞卡，但群岛没有任何本地传播病例。
Still, officials in the area have given the go-ahead to try the bugs out in some parts of the Keys.
不过，该地区的官员已经在佛罗里达群岛一些地方尝试释放蚊子。
A Key West commissioner said a big part of her job "is to kill mosquitoes and to protect the residents and the county."
基韦斯特的一名专员表示，她工作的很大部分是“杀死蚊子，并保护居民和县区”。
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