But Wolbachia could move into other species, too: The WolBloc team has had some early success in preventing malaria transmission by mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia.

The Wolbachia bacteria may help stop the spread of the Zika virus. — -- In the fight against the spreading Zika virus, scientists have uncovered an unlikely ally in the form of a bacteria ...

The Wolbachia bacterium is ubiquitous in nature: It can be found in as many as 60 percent of insect species, from butterflies and wasps, to bees, dragonflies, and some species of mosquito.

Wolbachia in the lab Russell focuses on Wolbachia because it and its fruit fly hosts are relatively easy to keep alive and reproduce in the lab. Oftentimes when scientists study bacteria, their ...

Wolbachia doesn’t usually infect mosquitoes but Scott O’Neill from the University of Queensland is leading a team of researchers who are trying to enlist it. Earlier this year, they published ...

Wolbachia is a bacteria that has been used for some time, especially in Australia, to control dengue. Today’s report is the first time Wolbachia was shown to reduce Zika as well.

Lab-grown mosquitoes armed with bacterium Wolbachia pipientis could be the key to killing off insects that often transmit dangerous viruses such as Zika.

The bacteria used to infect the males, wolbachia, is a naturally-occurring substance in 60 per cent of insects including butterflies and dragonflies. It is not harmful to humans.

Project Wolbachia now covers about 352,000 households, which is about 25 per cent of all households in Singapore, said Dr Ng. This is more than double the 160,000 households covered in the middle ...

His big idea was to infect mosquitoes with a naturally occurring bacteria called Wolbachia. Turns out that by some unknown quirk of biology, Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can't carry the dengue virus.

Wolbachia was first discovered in 1924, in a different species of mosquito. At first, it seemed so unremarkable that scientists ignored it for decades. But starting in the 1980s, ...