We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Cutting Dengue Risk?
- Authors
Stephenson, Joan
- Abstract
The article discusses a study that used bacteria to decrease the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying dengue fever. Researchers infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with Wolbachia, a parasite, and the lifespan of the mosquitos was reduced to 21 days. It also found that a mosquito passes it to its young and females mating with infected males fail to reproduce. The author suggests it has promise as a method of controlling dengue fever.
- Subjects
BACTERIA; DENGUE; MOSQUITO control; AEDES aegypti; WOLBACHIA; INSECT diseases; PREVENTIVE medicine
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009, Vol 301, Issue 7, p712
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.170