Wolbachia, a New Way of Preventing Dengue Fever
Jumat, 19 Oktober 2018 23:08 WIB
TEMPO.CO Jakarta
However, a research recently conducted in Australia discovered that Dengue fever can be suppressed by using Wolbachia bacteria, as confirmed by head of the research, Professor Scott O'Neill.
Wolbachia is a bacteria that resides in around 70 percent of the world's total insect population with an exception of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, the carrier of Dengue fever. Although considered to be a bacteris, Wolbachia seesm to have no effect on human being.
Years of research proved that the bacteria could prevent dengue virus infection. In addition, mosquitoes that are infected with the Wolbachia bacteria will have a shorter life span.
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