Bug for a Bug for a Bug.

• Autores: Bianca Nogrady
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 300, Nº. 3, 2009, págs. 17-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses scientific findings related to the effects of Wolbachia bacteria on mosquitoes. The shorter life spans and overly-flexible proboscises in mosquitoes infected with the bacteria are described, noting that Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes will not live long enough to spread such diseases as dengue fever and have difficulty in penetrating human skin with their flexible proboscises.