大象传媒

Scientists are hailing a breakthrough in the fight against dengue fever.

It follows a large trial demonstrated a 77% reduction in cases in Yogyakarta - a city of nearly 390,000 in Indonesia.

The novel approach involves infecting mosquitoes - which spread dengue between people - with the Wolbachia bacteria.

Professor Cameron Simmons in Melbourne, Australia is from the World Mosquito Program and was the lead researcher on the project.

(Pic: Laboratory mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria; Credit: Peter Illiciev/Fiocruz)