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    Chinese researchers plan to use against mosquitoes Zika virus (bilingual)

    English words of love it2016-02-05 18:07:27Foreign news translation English readingreading ( 407 )Comments ( 0)

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      Words of love Introduction: In most parts of southern China and northern local area, live Zika virus infection source - Egypt markings. In order to control and prevent disease, Zhongshan University research groups have begun research.
      A pilot field study using mosquitoes infected with bacteria is expected to be launched in South China probably in March, according to a lead researcher.
      According to a leading edge of the researchers, said in March this year, southern China is expected to build Zika virus research pilot, the pilot will use the infected mosquitoes were tested.
      The move is aimed at reducing the local mosquito population, which could pass the Zika virus to humans, said Xi Zhiyong, who heads the study.
      The Group Leader Xi Zhiyong said the move aims to reduce the Zika virus can infect the number of mosquitoes.
      Xi is a microbiology professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
      Xi is a professor of microbiology, Guangdong Zhongshan University in Guangzhou.
      Millions of laboratory-produced Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria will be released at two or three trial sites in Guangdong.
      In two or three pilot in Guangdong, by the laboratory bred hundreds of millions infected with Wolbachia bacteria aegypti mosquitoes were released.
      Last year, the team lowered the mosquito population by 90 percent during a trial using the same method and helped to contain a local outbreak of dengue fever. Both dengue and Zika are viruses spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
      Last year, the experimental group of ninety percent reduction in the number of mosquitoes in the same way, and the control of outbreaks of dengue fever. Zika virus and dengue viruses are spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
      Xi said the researchers only release male mosquitoes, which do not bite. The eggs produced by females mating with Wolbachia-infected males are infertile, which leads to reduced mosquito populations.
      Xi said the researchers released only female mosquitoes, they do not bite. The mosquito eggs from the female mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia and bacteria combine to produce the male mosquito, they do not have the ability to reproduce.
      The Zika virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas.
      Zika virus is spreading rapidly United States, Brazil and its tens of thousands of baby-related birth defects.
      The US has reported a sexually transmitted Zika case, but the World Health Organization has said more investigations are needed to verify this.
      The United States has reported a case of infectious disease cases of Zika virus, but the World Health Organization, the need for more research to confirm that the route of transmission.
      No Zika cases have been reported in China to date. On Thursday, the National Health and Family Planning Commission ordered the mass extermination of mosquitoes.
      So far, China has not yet reported Zika virus. On Thursday, the National Health and Family Planning Commission requires large-scale eradication of mosquitoes.
      Xi said the team is working on ways to produce more Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes and is considering drones to help release them in March.
      Xi said the research team is committed to producing more mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria, and to consider in March with the release of the mosquito drone.
      The WHO has recommended studies of genetically engineered mosquitoes and those infected with bacteria to help with reduction efforts.
      The World Health Organization recommends that transgenic mosquitoes and infected mosquitoes to reduce mosquito populations.
      Xi said the genes of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes are intact and the mosquitoes are safer for the ecological environment and other species, including humans.
      Xi said the Wolbachia bacterium gene infected mosquito is very complete, these mosquitoes on the ecological environment and other species, including humans, are harmless.
      But he said more field studies are needed to evaluate this method before it is used in other parts of China to control and prevent the Zika virus.
      But he said that this method is used in other parts of China to control and prevent Zika virus before, still need more pilot experiment to evaluate it.
      Guo Yuhong, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Infectious Disease Institute, said Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can be found widely in South China and some northern areas of the country.



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      Researcher at China Institute of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Center, said Guo Yuhong, southern and northern parts of China have a number of Aedes aegypti.
      But she remains cautious about the Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes and feels that more investigations are required.
      But she was infected with the bacterium Wolbachia mosquitoes remain cautious, she still felt the need for more investigation.
      "They work in theory, but we are not sure about the potential impact that extinction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes would have on the ecosystem," she said.
      She said: "These are theoretical work, we still have to determine the Aedes aegypti extinct ecosystems which potential impact."
      Source: English News

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