Infections: News and Research on Mosquito-Borne Diseases

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Northern Queensland faces rising mosquito-borne virus threat

New research led by James Cook University scientists shows Northern Queensland is facing an escalating public health threat from mosquito-borne virus activity, including dengue, Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses, posing ...

Affordable microscope speeds up malaria diagnosis with AI

Engineers at Stanford University have developed a high-efficiency, battery/solar-operated, autonomous microscope with integrated artificial intelligence that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood smears—a previously tedious ...

Neglected killer: kala-azar disease surges in Kenya

For nearly a year, repeated misdiagnoses of the deadly kala-azar disease left 60-year-old Harada Hussein Abdirahman's health deteriorating, as an outbreak in Kenya's arid regions claimed a record number of lives.

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