Vampire Apocalypse: Averted

As many of you know I'm very afraid of a vampire apocalypse. Not because I fear the undead (who has two thumbs and is totes ready for a zombie apocalypse? This girl), but rather I fear Edward Cullen. I like my monsters ready to kill and feed on me, not creepy stalkers that manipulate you into violent relationships.

Regardless, there has been a discovery of a specific bacteria that prevents the spreading malaria. So this bacteria kills off any mosquitoes infected preventing the mosquito from infecting people. So a break down: the Anopheles Gambiae is the malaria carrying mosquito. This mosquito has been killing people for a very long time (and as John Stewart pointed out mosquito net money probably was used as bail money for former leader of the IMF, Strauss-Kahn). According to io9.com, researchers are operating with two plans to combat malaria:

1. Malaria proof mosquitoes
2. Shooting mosquitoes with lasers (sure its a joke, but what about when the Skrulls descend? I think we should keep working on this)

So a little more about this magical bacteria that kills malaria carrying mosquitoes?

Wolbachia is a bacteria that preys on insects. It is not carried by the type of mosquito that carries the malaria parasite. Scientists guessed that it might be fatal to this type of mosquito, and infected them with two different strains of Wolbachia, hoping for a way to kill off the carriers to stop the spread of the disease. The bacteria spread quickly, and even seemed to manipulate the mosquitos' immune systems to give itself the run of the insect's body. What's more, it inhibited the growth of malaria in the insects. But they didn't seem to die. They sucked down the sugar that the scientists provided them quite happily, and lived quite healthily. Then they were fed blood, and died in a day.

Not only does this bacteria seem like a good way or reducing the amount of mosquitos that feed on blood, it actively prevents a mosquito from dining on infected blood, and then moving on and infecting another person. This could be a good way to keep the spread of malaria under control.

So as far as I'm concerned this is great, and no not because of all the lives it will save, but because now we have a solution against vampires. Now back to looking for a cure for werewolves.