Bacterium Wolbachia pipientis to be tested against malaria

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Science
10 December 2010 vol 330, issue 6010, pages 1441-1572
http://www.sciencemag.org/current.dtl

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Infectious Diseases
Australia to Test ‘Mosquito Vaccine’ Against Human Disease
Martin Enserink

Science 10 December 2010: 1460-1461.[DOI:10.1126/science.330.6010.1460]

In January, entomologists will start deploying a strange bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis in an attempt to halt disease transmission by mosquitoes.