Wednesday, March 1, 2017

New tool for combating mosquito-borne disease: Insect parasite genes

03/01/2017 09:47 AM EST

Wolbachia (stained in red) infected the testes of a host insect (stained in blue)

Discovery of the genes the insect parasite Wolbachia uses to control its hosts' reproduction provides a powerful new tool for enhancing biological control efforts for mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Zika and malaria.


Full story at https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2017/02/27/new-tool-for-combating-mosquito-borne-disease-insect-parasite-genes/

Source
Vanderbilt University


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