A “Behind the Paper” story was recently posted in the Microbiology section of Springer Nature Research Communities featuring research performed at the INHS-MEL. This story explains the research by Jiayue Yan, Chang-Hyun Kim, Leta Chesser, Jose L. Ramirez, and Chris M. Stone, which reveals how a poor diet can weaken mosquitoes, making them more likely to transmit the dengue virus.

Read the story here.

Read the paper here.

Photo by Jiayue Yan