Breakthrough

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Malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes

scientists have discovered a microbe that fully protects infected the mosquitoes with Malaria .

The Team in Kenya and the United Kingdom say, the finding has "enormous potential" of the disease.

Malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, so that they could protect, in turn, protect the people.

The researchers are now investigating whether they can release infected mosquitoes into The Wild , or you can use the spores to suppress the disease.

What this microbe is?

The Malaria -blocking bug, Microsporidia MB, was discovered through the study of the mosquitoes on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. It lives in the intestines and the genitalia of The Insect .

The researchers could not find a single mosquito the implementation of the Microsporidia, that the accommodation of the Malaria parasite was. And laboratory experiments, confirmed the microbe was the mosquito protection.

Microsporidias are mushrooms, or at least closely related to them, and most of them are parasites.

But, this new way can be advantageous to the mosquito and, of course, was examined, found in about 5% of the insects.

How Big A discovery it is?

it is"the data that we have, So Far , 100% Blockade, it is a very strong Blockade of Malaria ," said Dr. Jeremy gentlemen, from The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Kenya, told The Bbc .

He added: "It will come as quite a surprise. I think people will find that a really big Breakthrough . "

More Than 400,000 people are killed each year from Malaria , most of them children under five years of age.

While great progress can be achieved through the use of mosquito nets and spraying houses with insecticide, which has stalled in recent years. It is generally agreed, needed new tools to combat Malaria .

mosquito nets have been infected helped cut The Number of people with Malaria , The World works Like the microbe stop Malaria ?

The fine details still need to be worked out.

But Microsporidia MB could immune system priming of the mosquito, so that it is More able to fight infections.

The Presence of the micro-organism in The Insect could parasites have a profound effect on the mosquito, the metabolism, Making It inhospitable to the Malaria .

Microsporidia MB-seem to be infections for life. If anything, what the experiments show that they become More intense, so that the Malaria -blocking would continue in effect for a long time.

when can this be used against Malaria ?

at least 40% of the mosquitoes in a region, the infected sporidien need to be using a Micro-to a very significant dent in Malaria .

The microbe can mosquitoes be passed between adults and is also the wife of their offspring.

the researchers will investigate two strategies to increase The Number of infected mosquitoes.

"It's a new discovery. We Are very excited about its potential for Malaria control. There is a huge potential," Prof Steven Sinkins, of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, has told The Bbc .

the concept of disease, the control of microbes is not unprecedented. A kind of bacteria called Wolbachia, has been shown to make it harder for mosquitoes to Dengue Fever in the real-world studies spread.

What happens next?

scientists need to understand how the microbe spreads, so you are planning to run More tests in Kenya.

However, these approaches are relatively uncontroversial, such as the types already in The Wild mosquitoes-and not the introduction of Something New .

It would also not mosquitoes, kill so there is no impact on the ecosystems that depend on them as food would. This is part of the other strategies as a killer fungus that nearly completely out of the collapse of mosquito populations in weeks.

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Source of news: bbc.com