The Wolbachia bacteria also inhibits the development of the dengue virus in the body of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. This means that the ability of mosquitoes with wolbachia to transmit the virus to humans will be reduced.
Head of the Central Kalimantan Province Health Service (Dinkes), Suyuti Syamsul, said that dengue fever is still a serious health problem.
And Wolbachia is a very common bacteria and occurs naturally in 50 percent of insect species, including some mosquitoes, fruit flies, moths, dragonflies and butterflies.
“Wolbachia usually lives in insect cells and is passed from one generation to the next through insect eggs. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes usually do not carry Wolbachia,” he said, Friday, December 1 2023.
2023-12-02 02:45:00
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