New research has found injecting bacteria into mosquitoes can block them from transmitting dengue fever into the population. "The [Wolbachia] bacteria doesn't spread environmentally. It gets passed on from female to offspring through the eggs,"
The virus is prevalent in more than 100 countries and is know to kill at least 40,000 people a year.
This biological method will decrease the use of pesticides which kills many other insects in the environment.
This audio story was recorded in far north Australia, Cairns.
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Dengue Fever Controlled Using Bacteria Injected Into Mosquitoes
Started by aspen, Aug 04 2012 08:14 PM
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Posted 05 August 2012 - 03:19 AM
aspen, on 04 August 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:
New research
Interesting stuff.
Dengue also known as "breakbone fever" http://en.wikipedia....Breakbone_fever
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