Researchers at Monash University in Australia (with the participation of Dr. Luciano Moreira from Brazil’s federal research centre, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, or, Fiocruz), have discovered that mosquitoes artificially infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia do not transmit dengue, chikungunya and Zika as easily.
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这种控制蚊虫传播疾病的创新方法由Fiocruz基金会于2012年引入巴西。
This innovative approach to control mosquito-transmitted diseases was brought to Brazil by Fiocruz in 2012.
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最初是2014年在靠近国际机场的一个小社区开展了一个控制登革热的项目。
Initially a dengue control project, it began in a small community close to the international airport in 2014.
In the current phase of the project, now in Jurujuba - Niterói, the researchers are breeding and releasing mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria.
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研究目的是观察这些蚊子如何通过与野生蚊子交配，把细菌传给下一代蚊子，使蚊子无法再传播致命性病毒。
They aim to see how well these mosquitoes, by mating with wild mosquitoes, can pass the bacteria on to the next generation of mosquitoes, therefore creating populations of mosquitoes that cannot transmit deadly viruses.
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Rita与George
Rita stands next to Jorge
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2015年初，Rita通过社区卫生工作者结识了Jorge Pedrosa（中）。
In early 2015, Rita met Jorge Pedrosa (center) through her community health worker.