Wolbachia-Infected Mosquito Risks by RoseWrites ポスター

After researching and publishing "Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes Might Reduce Dengue, Enhance Zika, and Cause a Million Souls to Become Sterile" on InfoBarrel (under my pen name RoseWrites), I thought I'd design a poster highlighting the risks associated with Wolbachia-based mosquito control. I'm aware that California already released 640,000 Wolbachia-Infected Aedes aegypti as "part of an experiment" during the summer of 2016. And now, Florida is considering doing the same thing. Problem is: Culex are also a vector of Zika. The WHO finally acknowledged the data. And Wolbachia and Culex do NOT mix. In fact, Wolbachia has been found to enhance West Nile virus and malaria in Culex mosquitoes. This poster would be helpful for committees, organizations, health departments, and others to help educate the public about the known risks of Wolbachia BEFORE going forward with an eradication method that can NEVER be taken back. P.S. I will donate 20 percent of my royalties from every sale of this poster in support of Zika research. Image Credits: Left portion of schematic by USDA [Public Domain] Human-Mosquito-Bat-Fish-Water portion and text by me, RoseWrites. ©2016 RoseWrites All rights reserved. Designed by RoseWrites and only sold in her Sousababy Zazzle store.