10 julio 2014
Mosquitoes infected with the bacteria Wolbachia are more likely to become infected with West Nile virus and more likely to transmit the virus to humans, according to a team of researchers. «This is the first study to demonstrate that Wolbachia can enhance a human pathogen in a mosquito,» one researcher said. «The results suggest that caution should be used when releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes into nature to control vector-borne diseases of humans.»
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