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In a bid to fight disease-carrying mosquitos, Croatia is testing a biological method which centres on the release of sterile males -- which once released into the wild will mate with females and neutralise the potential for future offspring. The Zagreb trial of the sterile insect technique (SIT) saw the release of 100,000 sterile male mosquitos across two occasions in June, in a Zagreb neighbourhood with a lot of green areas and family houses. "If we release a sufficient number of sterile males during a certain period in an area, the mosquito population in that area will decrease," Ana Klobucar, a medical entomologist of the Zagreb-based teaching institute of public health who is overseeing the project, tells AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES