Special bacteria Wolbachia helped fight mosquito-borne dengue virus, said researchers.
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‘According to the World Mosquito Program, Wolbachia decreases the ability of mosquitoes to transmit viruses between people and is self-sustaining at high levels.’
Households will be provided with mosquito eggs and a food capsule which must be sealed in water for two weeks, after which the mature mosquitoes will be released into the environment to spread the bacteria. It competes with mosquito-borne viruses like dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika, helping to reduce transmission of the viruses.
Australia was the first country in the world to use "Wolbachia" to control mosquito-borne diseases and no transmissions have been recorded in eight years.
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According to the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, the country recorded 86,484 cases of dengue in 2019.
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