The four new locations will be in Marsiling, Woodlands, Bedok and Kaki Bukit-Kembangan. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

This will bring the total Wolbachia coverage in Singapore to 660,000 households, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wolbachia bacteria can infect the male and female germ line of insects. This bacterial infection can manipulate insect reproductive outcomes to benefit Wolbachia transmission through a phenomenon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. “Zika and dengue belong in the same family of viruses so with the Zika ...

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 ...

The Wolbachia bacteria may help stop the spread of the Zika virus. — -- In the fight against the spreading Zika virus, scientists have uncovered an unlikely ally in the form of a bacteria called ...

A mob of mosquitoes is a “scourge.” And the cardboard tube Jodi Holeman holds in her hands buzzes with more than enough mosquitoes to fill a scourge’s ranks---a thousand, to be exact. She uncaps the ...