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After the deluge, brace for mosquito attacks
Melbourne :: Australia | about 12 hours ago
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The drought and water restrictions have resulted in many households collecting rainwater. But the storage of stagnant water carries the threat of mosquito-borne diseases such as Ross River virus, Dr Kearney said yesterday. He said households should empty...
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Water, Precipitation, Rain, Mosquito, Melbourne Water, Environment, Water pollution, Environmental soil science, Water supply
Patients throng govt hospital in TN complaining of high fever
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Blood samples had been sent to Chennai for testing, and only after the results were received, proper treatment could be given."As of now, we are giving treatment for viral fever," he said. According to a municipal official, 20 beds for a town with heavy...
Tags: India, Mumbai, Chikungunya, Microbiology, Togaviruses, Mosquito, Viral diseases, Tropical diseases, Biological weapons, Health Medical Pharma
Maths model explains remarkable features of mosquito hearing
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility In mosquitoes, the hearing of acoustic energy, and its conversion into neuronal signals, is assisted by multiple individual sensory units called scolopidia. The researchers have developed a simple microscopic mechanistic model of the active amplification...
Tags: remarkable features, mosquito hearing, Seattle, Johnston's organ, Avitabile, Thread, Mosquito, V, Technology Internet, Culicidae, Toxorhynchites, Hysteresis
Health Department confirms West Nile Virus
New Delhi :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility The Palm Beach County Health Department confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus Thursday in its sentinel chickens. The chickens are used to detect such mosquito-borne diseases. It is the first confirmation of the disease since November 2007. Many infected...
Tags: west nile, nile virus, India, New Delhi, Tropical diseases, Zoonoses, West Nile virus, Mosquito, Barmah Forest Virus, Viral diseases, Microbiology, Viruses, Blood donation, Organ transplant, Transfusion medicine, Blood, Health Medical Pharma, Hematology, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Transfusion transmitted infection, Blood transfusion, MSM blood donor controversy, HIV/AIDS
Scientists hope to create less dangerous mosquitoes
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility With more than a million annual deaths resulting from malaria, Riehle hopes that his project will be a first step in creating a more effective method of fighting the disease. "The tools we have to combat malaria right now are failing," Riehle said. "The...
Tags: life span, Michael Riehle, reproduction rate, Monterey, Apicomplexa, Mosquito, Dengue fever, Plasmodium, Anopheles, Malaria, Tropical diseases, Neglected diseases
Sterile mosquitoes could ward off malaria
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 6 days ago
Credibility Led by Dr Mark Benedict at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, the study has described how SIT may be used against the vectors for malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, Anopheles mosquitoes. 'In the context of elimination, SIT could play a unique...
Tags: Dr Mark Benedict, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Mosquito, Vector, Indoor residual spraying, Asian tiger mosquito, Malaria, Sterile insect technique, Anopheles
Pests on move worldwide as climate warms
Seoul :: South Korea | 7 days ago
Credibility In British Columbia they have laid waste to an area twice the size of Ireland. -A microscopic parasite is spreading a deadly disease among salmon in Alaska and British Columbia. Researchers say rising water temperatures are partly to blame. -The U.S....
Tags: British Columbia, South Korea, Seoul, Zoonoses, Tick, Beetle, Mosquito, Humboldt Squid, Acari, Lyme disease, Spirochaetes, Environment
Dengue Fever Spreads to Cape Verde for First Time, Government Reports
Dengue fever, the deadly mosquito- borne disease for which there is no specific drug or vaccine, is spreading in Cape Verde for the first time, the World Health Organization said. The epidemic, which cases to exceed three thousand, mainly affected the...
Tags: Cape Verde, dengue, WHO, United Nations, fever, mosquito
Dengue cases climb to 366 in Delhi
New Delhi :: India | 22 days ago
Credibility The spurt of dengue cases in the national capital in the last one month has taken the number of confirmed cases to 366, with civic authorities fearing that the spread of the disease may continue well through November. "The confirmed cases of dengue are...
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