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Mosquitoes spread viruses faster than thought
2018-12-21 09:00:00| Beef
Researchers say discoveries about virus development in mosquitoes might someday help stop disease transmission
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Millions of GM mosquitoes could be released in Florida to combat Zika virus
2016-08-04 06:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released into the state of Florida to combat Zika virus after 15 people caught the disease from local insects. Congress could decide within weeks to grant an emergency licence to British biotech company Oxitec, which has engineered a line of insects whose offspring are unable to grow to adulthood, and so cannot reproduce. The company has already build a lab in the Florida Keys and is just waiting for the green light from the government and...
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Benign bacteria block mosquitoes from transmitting Zika, chikungunya viruses
2016-07-01 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have confirmed that a benign bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis can completely block transmission of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species responsible for passing the virus to humans. Matthew Aliota, a scientist at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) and first author of the paper -- published today (July 1, 2016) in the journal Scientific Reports -- says the bacteria could present a "novel biological control mechanism,"...
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Mosquitoes' rapid spread poses threat beyond Zika
2016-03-13 01:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As the world focuses on Zika's rapid advance in the Americas, experts warn the virus that originated in Africa is just one of a growing number of continent-jumping diseases carried by mosquitoes threatening swathes of humanity. The battle against the insects on the streets of Brazil is the latest in an ancient war between humankind and the Culicidae, or mosquito, family which the pests frequently win. Today, mosquito invaders are turning up with increasing regularity from Washington DC to Strasbourg,...
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Where and when will Zika-carrying mosquitoes strike next?
2016-02-19 06:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Medical Express: The virus has emerged as a major public health threat that's rapidly spreading through South and Central America and the Caribbean. Usually a relatively mild illness, Zika may be linked with birth defects such as microcephaly, and with the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Where and when will Zika strike next? Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) program are looking for answers in three places in Ecuador. NSF's...
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