[durbatuluk]

I understand this very well but this happen only on low-income countries.

Here in Brazil zika, dengue and malaria are our everyday neighbors but most of problem are from lack of basic sanitation.

One of my first studies was estimating the effect of proximity/density of nearest forest at the neglected tropical diseases. Many people come with the same conclusion: no effect for dengue and yellow fever. Later Brazilian government started doing in-house visits trying to find small pounds of water on backyards. The result was astonishing, most backyards are like paradise for Aedes and similar mosquitos. Even water box are open and full of water for children to play on hot days. Now the campaign is to not create spaces where they can proliferate like: http://infodengue.ikiw.com.br/2015/03/como-evitar-dengue.htm...

Malaria is a special case because seems to not stand urban micro climate and people at these regions cannot afford to move. I understand the case of half million people losing their lives but realistic we will not stop using gene modification only on Anopheles. Here in Brazil will target minimum three genres of mosquito, any of them can cause diseases. Mosquitos also do not respect political borders.