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Scientists look to mosquito data to map spread of disease
2015-07-07 12:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Mosquitoes that carry the dengue and chikungunya viruses are more widespread than ever, believe scientists mapping the global spread of the insects. There are no treatments or vaccines for these diseases, so knowing where the mosquitoes that transmit them occur and thrive can help focus research and public health resources, the scientists say. A study, published in the journal eLife last week (30 June), focuses on two species of mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which carry the...
Your Body: How to Fight Mosquito Bites
2015-06-22 18:10:49| Airlines - Topix.net
Severe storms produced massive hail, to the size of softballs between 7 and 9 am. Hail to 4 and ... -- Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from Rome to Chicago finally reached their destination late Sunday after enduring a 30-hour delay because of an unruly ... -- The wife of Israel's interior minister caused a stir Sunday night after she sent a racist tweet about President Obama."
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Headed to Caribbean? What to know about mosquito virus there
2015-02-07 03:46:31| Biotech - Topix.net
This 2006 photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The Chikungunya virus, spread by mosquitoes such as this and the Aedes albopictus species, causes fever and agonizing joint pain that can last for months.
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Mosquito populations explode across Australia raising fears disease
2015-01-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Mosquito populations are exploding across Australia, with warm weather and strong tides bringing hordes of the blood-sucking insects to the east coast while flooding in central Australia has triggered warnings of mosquito-borne viruses. More than 200mm of rain has hit parts of central Australia since Wednesday, submerging houses in Alice Springs. Standing pools of water are expected to lead to a boom in mosquito numbers, raising fears of disease carried by the insects. Health authorities are...
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Brazil approves GM mosquito that could cut dengue
2014-05-01 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Brazilian authorities have decided that a genetically modified (GM) strain of mosquitoes whose offspring die before reaching adulthood do not pose a significant risk to humans or the environment. The decision will open up the possibility of the company that developed the insects selling them in Brazil as a control strategy for dengue fever. The approval was made last week (10 April) by the National Technical Commission on Biosecurity, the organisation that regulates transgenic organisms in Brazil....
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