Indonesian researchers breed 'good' mosquitoes to combat den

Indonesian researchers breed 'good' mosquitoes to combat dengue

YOGYAKARTA - 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 per cent of insect species, including some mosquitoes, fruit flies, moths, dragonflies and butterflies. It...

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