Study Sees Way to
Limit Mosquitoes’ Ability to Spread Zika
Researchers have found that the
Wolbachia Bacterium could help stop the spread of the Zika Virus. By injecting
the Aegypti mosquito eggs with Wolbachia bacterium, adult mosquitos resistant
to the virus. It would not eliminate it, but it would control it. The “vast majority
of people” that have been infected have mild symptoms, but there can still be
serious effects. Not only does the mosquito spread Zika, but it also spread
dengue fever. With the Wolbachia Bacterium, scientists and researches hope to
inject the Aedes aegypti mosquito, that doesn’t carry Zika virus, so that it
can stop the spread of it.
Wow, I wonder how many types mosquitoes there are..because their names are very weird yet year after year there is always a spread of some mosquito's name I can never seem to remember. I am glad I am a business major and not a science one,lol.
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