Gut bacterium of an Aedes mosquito was found to reduce infection of mosquitoes by malaria parasites and dengue virus, reveals research. The study showed that the bacterium can also directly inhibit these pathogens in the test tube, and shorten the life span of the mosquitoes that transmit both diseases. George Dimopoulos and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, USA, had previously isolated Csp_P, a member of the family of chromobacteria, from ...
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