Infecting Aedes aegypti with the common bacterium Wolbachia blocks dengue and related viruses from replicating inside the mosquito, preventing onward transmission to humans. Field releases can replace local mosquito populations with Wolbachia‑positive ones and keep transmission down over time.
— This offers a scalable, non‑insecticide public‑health tool that could cut the burden of multiple neglected tropical diseases and reorient vector‑control policy.
Hannah Ritchie
2025.09.22
100% relevant
The article cites Far North Queensland being 'essentially dengue‑free for the first time in well over 100 years' after Wolbachia releases and explains how the method is implemented.
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