Indonesiska forskare föder upp goda myggor för att bekämpa denguefeber med

13 januari, 2022 0 av Bra Nyheter

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Researchers in Indonesia have found a way to fight disease-bearing mosquitoes by breeding a species of the insect which carries a kind of bacteria that prevents viruses like dengue from growing inside them.

Resultat från studier av forskningen som finns visar på en avsevärd påverkan på spridningen av denguefeber.

The trial results, published by the New England Journal of Medicine in June, showed that deploying mosquitoes with Wolbachia reduced dengue cases by as much as 77% and hospitalisations by up to 86%.

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Indonesian researchers breed ’good’ mosquitoes to combat dengue

Researchers in Indonesia have found a way to fight disease-bearing mosquitoes by breeding a species of the insect which carries a kind of bacteria that prevents viruses like dengue from growing inside them. Wolbachia is a common bacteria that occurs naturally in 60% of insect species, including some mosquitoes, fruit flies, moths, dragonflies and butterflies.