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 ...

The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials ...

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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 ...

which releases male mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria to suppress the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – the primary dengue carrier – here. Female mosquitoes that mate with the ...

SINGAPORE – From October, male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying the naturally-occurring Wolbachia bacteria will be released in three housing estates over the next six months, as part of a field study ...

Scientists at the ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) are working on cross-breeding new generations of mosquitoes with a specific bacteria that will render them incapable of transmitting dengue ...

SINGAPORE — The authorities will be expanding a flagship project to reduce the Aedes mosquito population to cover about a third of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats here from July as dengue ...

SINGAPORE: A project to fight dengue by releasing specially bred mosquitoes will be expanded to eight more public housing locations, covering an additional 1,400 HDB blocks. The releases of male ...

L uciano Moreira, a vector biologist and the project lead of the World Mosquito Program in Brazil, has always been driven by solving people’s problems. As a kid, he concocted blends of house-cleaning ...

An end to dengue, chikungunya and zika may be finally in sight, with scientists at a premier government research centre working to infect domestic vectors with a bacteria that will—in around six ...

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.