The WMP’s strategy is both ingenious and natural: infect mosquitoes with the Wolbachia bacteria, which occurs naturally in many insects but not in Aedes aegypti. This bacterium reduces the mosquito's ...

The Mosquito Paradox We’re Betting On Ever thought mosquitoes could save the day? Scientists are using a clever “mosquito ...

Project Wolbachia began in 2016, and is named after the Wolbachia bacteria introduced to male mosquitoes in the lab. When ...

An elderly man is recovering from dengue fever in Townsville University Hospital, where another man who has Japanese ...

Two rare mosquito-borne viruses have been detected in Townsville, with the first locally acquired case of dengue virus since ...

There were more than 13,600 cases of dengue locally in 2024, an increase of over 36 per cent from the year before. According ...

Two rare-mosquito borne viruses have been detected in Townsville, with the first locally acquired case of dengue fever since ...

They showed that symbioses with bacteria have evolved repeatedly and independently in different ... Gene-Edited Soil Bacteria Could Provide Third Source of Nitrogen for Corn Production Jan.

Specifically, Wolbachia bacteria isolated from this species are being used to suppress the transmission of dengue disease and other human viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes. A strain of ...

Two cases of mosquito-borne diseases have been recorded in a Queensland city, with authorities confirming one person has ...