Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria|infected mosquitos

Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria-infected mosquitos

One of the country's anti-dengue strategies aims to hamper the mosquitoes' ability to spread disease by infecting the insects with a common ...

Brazil to release millions of anti-dengue mosquitoes as death toll ...

A dengue-fighting strategy that involves releasing bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be rolled out to six Brazilian cities in the coming months.

Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes are Brazil's weapon against dengue

Brazilian health officials in five cities have been releasing clouds of lab-grown Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria, which prevents ...

Brazil | World Mosquito Program

Brazil has also been severely affected by outbreaks of Zika virus and chikungunya in the last few years. In June 2024, Brazil reached a staggering 6 million ...

Amid record year for dengue infections, new s - EurekAlert!

However, Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes transmit the bacteria to their offspring, which, according to Anders, means its protective effect could ...

Mosquitoes armed with bacteria beat back dengue virus - Science

The bacterium Wolbachia pipientis blocks the insects' ability to spread fearsome viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya.

In Rio, rife with dengue, bacteria-infected mosquitoes are making a ...

NITEROI, Brazil (AP) — Since Rio de Janeiro declared a public health emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever last month, the city has ...

Effectiveness of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments in ...

The introduction of the bacterium Wolbachia (wMel strain) into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reduces their capacity to transmit dengue and other arboviruses.

Brazil in state of emergency due to dengue fever: 1 million cases so ...

Brazil looks to short-term and long-term strategies to fight a disease ... against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads dengue, in Brasilia.

Massive mosquito factory in Brazil aims to halt dengue - Nature

A World Mosquito Program (WMP) staff member releases Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Niterói, Brazil.Credit: WMP Brasil. The non-profit ...

Biotech company bets on GMO mosquitoes to fight dengue in Brazil ...

British biotechnology company Oxitec is betting on a solution to Brazil's surging dengue cases, involving the release of genetically ...

In Rio, rife with dengue, bacteria-infected mosquitoes are making a ...

It was first tested in Australia in 2011 and the group has since run trials in more than a dozen countries, including Brazil. The initiative ...

Scientists release genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue in ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes are being released in Brazil to reduce the spread of the viral infection dengue fever.

Dengue in Brazil – Putting the heat on vaccine development and ...

It's hotter and wetter than usual in Brazil, and climate conditions are driving an early blast of a killer virus – dengue. The mosquito-borne ...

Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the ...

Record numbers of cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been reported in the Southern Hemisphere summer, and the surge is likely to move north.

Brazil's record dengue surge: why a vaccine campaign is unlikely to ...

... against dengue virus ... Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia have been released in several cities in ...

How Wolbachia is Turning the Tide Against Dengue in Brazil

Discover how the World Mosquito Program's Wolbachia method is scaling up in Brazil, fighting dengue, and protecting millions from ...

Fiocruz reinforces strategy against dengue with new phases of the ...

The Wolbachia Method, patented by the World Mosquito Program (WMP) and conducted in Brazil by Fiocruz, with funding from the Ministry of ...

Brazil to expand use of wolbachia bacteria against dengue fever

The Wolbachia method involves introducing the bacterium into mosquito eggs in a laboratory setting, thereby producing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes ...

Success and Failure in Controlling the Mosquito Aedes aegypti in ...

... eradicated the mosquito Aedes aegypti, responsible for the transmission of yellow fever, dengue fever, chikungunya, and Zika virus. Yet in 2016 the Brazilian ..