Looking to Wolbachia for solution


Filepic of students in various Klang schools being taught to identify potential Aedes breeding sites and how to eliminate the problem, and (right) a Kajang Municipal Council Health and Environment officer showing a bottle containing larvae found at a residential premises.

SELANGOR will use a new biological vector control management method to fight dengue.

Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud (PH-Seri Serdang) said the Wolbachia bacteria was found in 60% of insects, and the dengue virus could not breed in the mouth gland of Aedes mosquitoes if the organism was present.

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