Vietnam Government To Release Mosquitoes With Wolbachia Bacteria In Effort To Control Dengue
Xinhua News: Vietnam to release anti-dengue mosquitoes into wild
“[The] Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) has planned to release mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria, a natural bacterium which is safe for human[s], into [the] wild [in] March 2017 as part of the project to eliminate dengue in Vietnam. The aim of the program is to spread Wolbachia into wild mosquito population[s] to reduce the ability of transmitting [the] diseases of these mosquitoes…” (2/6).