Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Mosquito-borne viral infections are a significant global health challenge, with dengue alone causing 400 million infections per year.
The creation of chimeric or ‘hybrid’ viruses - using benign viruses infecting Australian mosquitoes - holds the key to accelerating viral research and paving the way to designing new vaccines, diagnostic approaches and antiviral drugs.
In this talk, virologist, UQ's Dr Jody Hobson-Peters explored the latest news in engineering mosquito-specific viruses to tackle emerging One Health viral diseases.
Mosquito-borne viral infections are a significant global health challenge, with dengue alone causing 400 million infections per year.
The creation of chimeric or ‘hybrid’ viruses - using benign viruses infecting Australian mosquitoes - holds the key to accelerating viral research and paving the way to designing new vaccines, diagnostic approaches and antiviral drugs.
In this talk, virologist, UQ's Dr Jody Hobson-Peters explored the latest news in engineering mosquito-specific viruses to tackle emerging One Health viral diseases.
