Australia is getting ready for an invasion by an aggressive and exotic pest that threatens to spread dengue fever to southern capitals.
Queensland scientists have begun breeding the Asian tiger mosquito, a hugely invasive species which is in a position to bite dozens of instances a minute.
They are closely learning the country’s only colony of the insect, caged behind a series of locked doors in Brisbane’s QIMR Berghofer Health-related Research Institute.
Associate professor Greg Devine says the analysis is vital provided the mosquito’s prospective to introduce the debilitating chikungunya virus and spread conditions such as dengue to capital cities.
“What we’d like to realize is the genuine risk of transmission in urban centres like Brisbane and Sydney,” he stated.
“We are also hunting at the way it would interact with native mosquitoes so we can determine how quick its affect will be.”
But its best effect will be on Australia’s outdoor lifestyle because it thrives in and close to residences and bites all day.
“It’s come to be known as the barbecue stopper, and for very good reason,” Devine mentioned.
The large and aggressive mosquito is capable of spreading several illnesses, such as Ross River virus, yellow fever and chikungunya.
There is no therapy for the Chikungunya virus, typical in south-east Asia, which can depart sufferers with extreme joint ache for months.
When the Asian tiger mosquito will invade Australia is not recognized but Devine stated it would be a case of when, not if.
“It’s absolutely only a matter of time,” he said.
“It arrived in the Torres Strait about 2005, but of program that’s not the only route at which it can come in.
“There is no doubt it is coming eventually simply because it’s been picked up so many occasions at Australia’s borders.”
Vicious mosquito heads to Australia, its bite loaded with dengue fever
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