Unleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito
WEBSep 29, 2023 · Now What? Unleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito. One Village, Two Houses — and a New Tactic to Win the War on Mosquitoes. These scientists began to consider a parasitic bacteria...
Massive mosquito factory in Brazil aims to halt dengue - Nature
WEBApr 14, 2023 · Researchers have tested the release of this type of mosquito — which carries a Wolbachia bacterium that stops the insect from transmitting viruses — in select cities in countries such as ...
Wolbachia goes to work in the war on mosquitoes - Nature
WEBOct 27, 2021 · Wolbachia goes to work in the war on mosquitoes. The bacterium has helped combat dengue, but can it be used to purge other mosquito-borne diseases? By. Sandy Ong. Vector-control research centres...
Success of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in fighting ... - Notre Dame News
WEBNov 6, 2023 · The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials demonstrating their …
Wolbachia still works when it is warm - Nature
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Wolbachia is a maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacterium that can impede the transmission of viruses such as dengue and Zika by some mosquito vectors to humans.
Wolbachia: A Novel Method for Controlling Mosquitoes to Tame …
WEBAug 23, 2022 · Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is working to determine what countries around the globe are willing to pay to use a novel and effective pathogen called Wolbachia to control rising outbreaks of dengue fever.
Project Wolbachia: 300 million mosquitoes released but not a
WEBSep 21, 2023 · Singapore. Project Wolbachia: 300 million mosquitoes released but not a silver bullet to deal with dengue, says NEA. In areas with many mosquitos, the Wolbachia mosquitos cannot compete with...
Wolbachia Dramatically Reduces Dengue Cases - Peer reviewed …
WEBThe results of a randomised controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine show that the incidence of dengue was reduced by 77% in areas of Yogyakarta, Indonesia where mosquitoes with Wolbachia were released. Dengue cases requiring hospitalisation were reduced by 86% in the Wolbachia-treated areas.
Wolbachia: the wonder bug that could prevent mosquitoes
WEBAug 28, 2023 · Now mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia bacteria will be released in the Tegucigalpa neighbourhood of El Manchén. Doctors in Honduras report more than 10,000 cases of dengue fever each year.
Impact - World Mosquito Program
WEBSince the World Mosquito Program's Wolbachia method was established in Cairns' mosquito population, we've seen an end to debilitating outbreaks of dengue. The World Mosquito Program’s technology has revolutionised health security in northern Queensland, bringing peace of mind to thousands of people.
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