Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Swatting chikungunya

Summer days may be waning, but health officials are still on high alert for new cases of chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne virus that spread to the United States from the tropics earlier this year.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sex proteins may help fight mosquito-borne diseases

(Medical Xpress)—Better understanding of mosquito seminal fluid proteins – transferred from males to females during mating – may hold keys to controlling the Asian tiger mosquito, the world's fastest-spreading invasive ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dengue deaths soar in Malaysia

Deaths from dengue fever have nearly tripled in Malaysia this year compared to the same period in 2013, sparking a stepped-up campaign to control the mosquitos that spread the virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dengue raises alarm in Central America

Authorities have issued dengue alerts in four nations across Central America, where alarm is rising as the mosquito-borne disease has infected 30,000 people and killed 17 this year alone.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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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