Jason Rasgon, associate professor of entomology,Penn State. "As a result, researchers are currently releasingWolbachia-infected mosquitoes into the wild as part of a strategy to controlDengue virus. They also are investigating Wolbachia as a possible controlstrategy for malaria. Full story
Previousresearch has shown that Wolbachia -- a genus of bacteria that live insidemosquitoes -- render mosquitoes resistant to pathogen infection, therebypreventing the mosquitoes from infecting humans with the pathogens," said ![Control strategy for Dengue, malaria increases risk of West Nile virus](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/news/_1800x690_crop_center-center_80_none/all-together-now.jpg)