Mosquitoes engineered to repel dengue virus

(University of California - San Diego) An international team of scientists has synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. Led by biologists at UC San Diego, the researchers developed a human antibody for dengue suppression in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the insects that spread dengue. The development marks the first engineered approach in mosquitoes that targets the four known types of dengue, improving upon previous designs that addressed single strains.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news