Glowing insect bug 'harms humans'
A tobacco hornworm with the glowing bug
Insects and human immune systems are similar
A new disease has been identified caused by a luminous bug that has evolved in insects, scientists say.
There have been about a dozen cases of the bug - Photorhabdus asymbiotica - in the US and Australia, which causes pustulant sores to appear on the body.
In insects, the disease leaves the bodies glowing, the University of Bath and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine scientists said.
They are now warning more insect bugs may mutate to threaten humans.
The team believe the sores caused Photorhabdus asymbiotica may also glow but this has not been proved so far as victims have been treated before tests could be done.
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