The mosquito-borne virus Dengue Fever affected tens of thousands of people across the Pacific this year, the largest in at least a decade, according to the World Health Organisation.
More than 23,000 cases have been recorded in the Pacific this year, claiming 18 lives.Â
Dr Perran Ross from the University of Melbourne feeds mosquitos with his own blood to study naturally occurring bacteria that lives inside insects – wolbachia – that can actually block the transmission of viruses that mosquitoes spread.
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