The virus that causes dengue fever is highly virulent, and is spread by Aedes mosquitoes. But spraying insecticides to control the mosquitoes creates problems of environmental residues, so researchers inside and outside Taiwan have sought to develop biocontrols.
由於登革熱病毒太猖狂、噴灑消毒藥又有環境殘留的副作用，國內外都有人進行過生物防治病媒蚊的相關研究。