By protecting mosquitoes from dengue fever, scientists have potentially found a way of preventing the 50 million human cases of the disease reported every year.

With no specific antiviral medicines available to treat the disease, and more than two billion people living in dengue transmission zones, the breakthrough could save thousands of lives in the developing world.

In a world-first trial, an international collaboration of researchers working on the Eliminate Dengue program, have successfully transferred promising laboratory results to wild mosquito populations, bringing their goal much closer.

Read more: AsianCorrespondent.com