Fungus Thwarts Dengue

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Fungus Thwarts Dengue

The Scientist – The fungus Beauveria bassiana effectively kills Aedes aegypti, the mosquito responsible for carrying dengue, and sharply reduces the rate at which mosquitoes seek human targets, according to a study published earlier this month in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The results offer a potential alternative to pesticides to control the mosquito-borne viral disease. “I think it’s encouraging. The experiments they did are consistent with the fact that [the fungus] could affect aegypti in ways that could prevent dengue transmission,” said Tom Scott of the University of California, Davis, who did not participate in the study. Read article

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