News tagged with aedes albopictus
Battle won against Asian tiger mosquito
An experimental research carried out in Sant Cugat del Valles and Rubi, coordinated by researchers from UAB, assessed the efficacy of a combination of strategies to reduce the population of tiger mosquitos (Aedes albopictus). ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Midge keeps invasive mosquito in check, aiding native mosquitoes (w/Podcast)
In a drama played out across the southeastern U.S. in containers as small as a coffee cup, native and invasive mosquito larvae compete for resources and try to avoid getting eaten. One of the invasive mosquitoes, ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Researchers discover novel anti-viral immune pathway in the mosquito
(Medical Xpress) -- As mosquito-borne viral diseases like West Nile fever, dengue fever, and chikungunya fever spread rapidly around the globe, scientists at Virginia Tech are working to understand the mosquito's ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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World Health Organization releases latest Dengue Bulletin
The ten studies in this special issue document the substantial and growing burden of dengue in the Americas, Africa and Asia, and the burden of a chikungunya outbreak in India.
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Anatomy of an outbreak: Researchers probe genetics of chikungunya virus
What causes a virus to suddenly begin infecting large numbers of people?
May 05, 2011 |
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Team uncovers dengue fever virus' molecular secrets
Researchers at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are making major strides toward understanding the life cycle of flaviviruses, ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Researchers develop the first climate-based model to predict Dengue fever outbreaks
Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are the most important vector-borne viral diseases in the World. Around 50-100 million cases appear each year putting 2.5 billion people at risk of suffering ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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A novel finding in how chikungunya virus has spread to new vectors and locations
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have discovered how a key protein switch allows Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) to spread to new vectors. The study, published December 7 in PLoS Pathogens, explains how the ...
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Dec 07, 2007 |
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