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Dr. Jim McNelly announced as new director of Cayman Islands MRCU

The Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has announced that Dr. James “Jim” McNelly has been appointed as its new director. Dr. McNelly will join MRCU next week from the Mosquito Control Division of Volusia County in Florida, where he…

Dr. Petrie appointed Mosquito Control Chief of Miami-Dade

Dr. Bill Petrie, director of the Mosquito Control and Research Unit (MRCU), is leaving his post to become the head of Miami-Dade Mosquito Control Division in Florida. He will be responsible for mosquito control in Miami-Dade County, with a particular…

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Cayman Islands MRCU says GMM project is on track. Now five locally transmitted cases

By Georgina Wilcox The Cayman Islands Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has said the progress of the Genetically Modified Mosquito (GMM) project that was initiated in the district of West Bay on 28 July is “on track”. Dr. Bill…