Benign bacteria block mosquitoes from transmitting Zika, chikungunya
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 07:21
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have confirmed that a benign bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis can completely block transmission of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species responsible for passing the virus to humans. Matthew Aliota, a scientist at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) and first author of the paper — published […]