Human probing behavior of Aedes aegypti when infected with a life-shortening strain of Wolbachia. | World Mosquito Program Skip to main content
This paper shows that Aedes aegypti infected with life-shortening Wolbachia have a reduced ability to bite people‚ particularly when they are old. This would reduce their ability to transmit dengue and other pathogens as they are transmitted between people by the bite of the mosquito. This paper also demonstrates that Wolbachia are not present in Aedes aegypti saliva and so cannot be transmitted to people.
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