Researchers aim to disrupt egg production in dengue- and Zika-spreading mosquito

(University of California - Riverside) The mosquito Aedes aegypti, which can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, and yellow fever virus, requires a blood meal to develop eggs. One way to control the spread of these diseases is to tamper with the reproductive events that follow this mosquito's blood meal. A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside has explored this at the molecular level. They focused on microRNAs, which play a critical role in mosquito egg maturation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news