Australia's bid to wipe out dengue fever

Via WA Today :

" Tens of thousands of lives could be saved each year by a groundbreaking Australian scheme to wipe out dengue fever.

Scientists have developed a bacterium that acts as a vaccine for mosquitoes, which could in turn stop the disease spreading in humans.

Professor Scott O'Neill, from the University of Queensland, says he is "incredibly excited" as a 12-week field trial starts in the Cairns suburbs of Yorkeys Knob and Gordonvale.

With up to 100 million people - largely from developing countries - being infected with dengue fever each year, a global solution was long overdue, he said.

Up to 40,000 people die, because families in poorer nations are unable to seek health care."