2024年5月14日 · Wolbachia (wohl-bach-ee-uh) is a common type of bacteria found in insects. Wolbachia bacteria cannot make people or animals sick. Mosquitoes with Wolbachia can be used to reduce numbers of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates use of mosquitoes with Wolbachia.

When Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carry natural bacteria called Wolbachia, they reduce the mosquitoes’ ability to transmit viruses like dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. Find out how. Mosquitoes pick up viruses by biting infected people. When they bite again, they can transmit the virus to the next person.

Nowadays, mosquito infection by the endosymbiotic Wolbachia represents a promising new bio-control strategy. Wild-infected mosquitoes had been developing cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), phenotypic alterations, and nutrition competition with pathogens.

2021年10月27日 · Wolbachia is present in more than 60% of all insects, including dragonflies, butterflies and moths. But the Aedes aegypti mosquito — the vector responsible for majority of the 96 million...

Compared to genetically modified control strategies, the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia, endowing a pathogen-blocking phenotype, is considered an environmentally friendly strategy to replace the target population for controlling arboviral diseases.

2020年12月9日 · Wolbachia are intracellular bacterial endosymbionts found in most insect lineages. In mosquitoes, the influence of these endosymbionts on host reproduction and arboviral transmission has spurred numerous studies aimed at using Wolbachia infection as a vector control technique.

Fruit fly Wolbachia strains can invade and sustain themselves in mosquito populations, reduce adult lifespan, affect mosquito reproduction and interfere with pathogen replication.

2020年9月4日 · Wolbachia are natural bacteria that live inside over 50% of insects. These bacteria are considered harmless to humans and to the environment. Since 2011, scientists of the World Mosquito Program have been injecting these bacteria into mosquitoes to protect humans from catching dengue fever, Zika, and other tropical viruses.

Wolbachia is not usually found in the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the primary species responsible for transmitting human viruses such as Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever.

a are natural bacteria present in up to 60 per cent of insect species, including some mosquitoes. Wolbachia is not usually found in the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the primary spec.