The claim
Post diz que “surto de dengue no Brasil aumenta em 400% após os mosquitos OGM [geneticamente modificados] de Bill Gates serem liberados propositalmente”. O texto cita o “Programa Mundial de Mosquitos da ONU” e um “plano para liberar bilhões de mosquitos geneticamente editados no Brasil durante um período de 10 anos”.
Original review summary
The review says the World Mosquito Program is partly funded by the Gates Foundation but is not related to the UN or to Brazil’s dengue surge. Although diagnoses rose 400% compared with 2023, the review attributes the increase to factors including climate conditions and says the program’s method uses mosquitoes with Wolbachia, not genetically edited mosquitoes.[S1]
Additional context
A partnership to expand the program was agreed in March 2023; the review said the Curitiba biofactory was still under construction and was expected to begin operating in 2025. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] Folha de S.Paulo original review
Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026