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Benign bacteria block mosquitoes from transmitting Zika, chikungunya viruses

2016-07-01 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have confirmed that a benign bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis can completely block transmission of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species responsible for passing the virus to humans. Matthew Aliota, a scientist at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) and first author of the paper -- published today (July 1, 2016) in the journal Scientific Reports -- says the bacteria could present a "novel biological control mechanism,"...

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