SINGAPORE - The initiative to control the spread of the Aedes mosquito population by releasing lab-grown male Wolbachia mosquitoes will be extended to four more areas in December. Project Wolbachia ...

Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that infects many insects. In doing so, it actually alters how insects reproduce. This decreased hatch rate was rescued, however, if the males expressing the CI ...

In a bid to combat dengue, scientists have successfully tested and prevented fresh outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease at a small town of Townsville in Australia. The test comes two years after the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: These days, Mr Khasmani Samat does not kill every mosquito that lands on him. If they are the aegypti species of mosquito, the 76-year-old pensioner chooses to gently blow them away.

Because of the diseases they carry, mosquitoes are responsible for the loss of more human lives each year than any other species, including humans. Their bites transmit a range of parasites and ...

Fighting dengue Wolbachia bacteria inhibit dengue virus replication by hijacking gene expression in mosquitoes, Australian researchers have found. Molecular entomologist, Associate Professor Sassan ...

A funny-sounding bacteria that you’ve never heard of—Wolbachia—will likely be an important weapon in the fight against Zika, dengue and other viruses plaguing the tropics. These arbovirus infections ...

Dengue is the most widespread mosquito-borne disease in the world, and to date, there are no medical treatments for people suffering from this disease. The virus causes symptoms ranging from high ...

A collaboration between Yale and Vanderbilt University has shed light on how a common bacterium could bring about new methods of pest control and disease prevention. Wolbachia has been known for ...

Despite having been formalized as a species in 1936, Wolbachia pipientis remains an elusive microbe. The reason why relates to the relationship it establishes with its hosts. Wolbachia lives inside ...