News tagged with mosquito aedes
Dengue fever outbreak hits Costa Rica
Health officials in Costa Rica said an outbreak of dengue fever has sickened 7,000 people, with many cases occurring in some of this Central American country's most popular tourist areas.
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Apr 10, 2013 |
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Fralin entomologists map out the genetics behind a deadly disease
(Medical Xpress)—Stopping the spread of dengue infection— a potentially fatal tropical disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito— could be one of the biggest challenges of our time. About half of the human ...
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Mar 21, 2013 |
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WHO: Dengue showing global 'epidemic potential'
The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday that it had charted progress in the fight against tropical diseases but warned that dengue fever was spreading at an alarming rate.
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Jan 16, 2013 |
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First big dengue fever outbreak in Europe since 1920s, EU reports
Europe is experiencing its first sustained transmission of dengue fever since the 1920s after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Madeira, Portugal that has infected more than 1,300 people, an EU agency said.
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Nov 21, 2012 |
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Dengue spreads in Madeira archipelago: officials
Dengue has spread in Portugal's Madeira archipelago since it appeared last week and there are now 18 confirmed cases, health officials said Wednesday.
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Oct 10, 2012 |
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Cuba issues warning about dengue mosquitos
Cuban health officials warned Thursday about an increased number of mosquitoes in the country's urban areas that can spread diseases such as dengue fever.
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Aug 16, 2012 |
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Brazil to breed GM mosquitoes to combat dengue
Brazil said Monday it will breed huge numbers of genetically modified mosquitoes to help stop the spread of dengue fever, an illness that has already struck nearly 500,000 people this year nationwide.
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Jul 10, 2012 |
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Climate change to increase tropical disease range
According to climate modelling for 2050, northern sections of WA could present ideal conditions for dengue fever.
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Feb 09, 2012 |
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Dengue fever infects over 12,000 in Pakistan
Already cursed by floods and suicide bombings, Pakistan now faces a new menace from an unprecedented outbreak of the deadly tropical disease dengue fever.
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Sep 29, 2011 |
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Novel control of Dengue fever
The spread of Dengue fever in northern Australia may be controlled by a bacterium that infects mosquitoes that harbor the virus, Australian and U.S. researchers report Aug. 25 in two papers published in the journal Nature.
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Aug 24, 2011 |
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Battle won against Asian tiger mosquito
An experimental research carried out in Sant Cugat del Valles and Rubi, coordinated by researchers from UAB, assessed the efficacy of a combination of strategies to reduce the population of tiger mosquitos (Aedes albopictus). ...
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Jul 22, 2011 |
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