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U.S. entomologists say they've determined smaller mosquitoes are more likely to be infected with viruses causing human diseases than are larger mosquitoes. The researchers said they fed mosquitoes blood contaminated with the dengue virus and later tested them for infection at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, taking into account the size of each mosquito by measuring the length of their wings. They discovered smaller-sized mosquitoes had higher infection rates and greater potential...
An entomologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, a division of the new UI Institute for Natural Resource Sustainability, says smaller mosquitoes are more likely to be infected with viruses that cause diseases in humans. These findings can be found in the November issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.Barry Alto, Ph.D., Director of the Medical Entomology Program at the Illinois Natural History Survey, along with Assistant Professor Michael Reiskind of Oklahoma...
By Anand Bodh Mohali: It seems that the government woke up only after a relative of a minister was down with dengue. A day after health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla's relative in Mohali was admitted to PGI, Chandigarh, as a suspected dengue case, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday announced free treatment for all such patients in government hospitals and dispensaries. He also directed chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh to ask the health and medical services to gear up for any...
According to news.gov.hk: The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed the year's 33rd Dengue fever case involving a 37-year-old Australian man. He travelled with his wife to India June 6 and arrived in Hong KongSeptember 25. He developed fever, headache, muscle and eye pain the next day and sought medical treatment from a private doctorSeptember 29. He was admitted to a private hospital and is nowstable. His wifehas nosymptoms. Originally published by Info-Prod Strategic Business...
By TIFFANY, Martin Dengue fever is on the rise in Fiji with 26 new cases reported at the Sigatoka and Lautoka hospitals recently. (c) 2008 Waikato Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
US-based biotechnology company Siga Technologies has received a small business innovation research advanced technology Phase I grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and its grants are typically given to high-priority NIH programs. The grant, totaling $963,000 over a two-year period, will help to fund lead optimization and animal efficacy trials for...
Text of report by privately-owned owned national daily newspaper Fiji Sun website on 7 September The Ministry of Health has not received any reports of dengue fever cases from the Northern and Eastern divisions. This was confirmed by Director of Preventive Health Services Dr Losevata Alefaio yesterday. "There have been no reports of dengue fever cases from the Eastern and Northern divisions yet," he said. "In the Central Division there were 11 cases, though not all health facilities have...
Text of report by Fiji Daily Post website on 6 September [by Sanjay Goundar] Ten very severe dengue fever cases were reported at second largest hospital in the country and medical authorities appear baffled with the situation. General manager community health services in the west [i.e. Western Division - western Viti Levu, including the main tourist area] Dr Tharid Ali yesterday revealed the 10 who were admitted at the Lautoka Hospital had acquired the dengue hemorrhagic fever. Ali said...
By Priya Yadav CHANDIGARH: After floods, it's the threat unleashed by stagnant, toxic waters that refuses to ebb. With a staggering 8,500 people diagnosed with skin diseases and over 1,000 others in the grip of viral fever, an alarmed Punjab government has released another Rs 1 crore for the four flood-hit districts of the state. As household goods remain soaked and dead cattle raise a stench, people have been increasingly complaining of excruciating body pain as a result of viral fever....
By Risha Chitlangia New Delhi: Keeping in mind the rising number of dengue cases and the corresponding demand for platelets, the Delhi government is planning to make platelets available free of cost during the dengue season. Health minister Dr Yoganand Shastri has directed the state blood transfusion department to moot a proposal for the same, which sources say has got an in-principle approval. The Delhi government has three centres which have platelet separator machines through which...
Latest Dengue fever Reference Libraries
West Nile virus (WNV) is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. It is part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses and is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It primarily infects birds but can infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, and other mammals. Humans are generally infected through the bites of mosquitoes and about 90% of West Nile Virus infections are without symptoms. The virion is 45-60 nm and covered with a relatively smooth protein surface. It is...
Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), caused by the dengue virus, is among the spectrum of acute febrile tropical disease and is transmitted by mosquitoes. Occurring mainly in the tropics it can be life threatening and is caused by four closely related virus stereotypes of the genus Flavivirus. It was identified and named in 1779. It has a nickname of "breakbone fever" due to it causing sever generalized bodyache. It tends to be more prevalent in the urban districts of its range...
Flavivirus is a genus of the family Flaviviridae. This genus includes the West Nile Virus, Dengue Virus, Tick-borne Encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, and quite a few others. Flaviviruses get their name from the yellow fever virus. Flavus means yellow in Latin. Yellow fever was named because if caused yellow jaundice in victims. Mosquitoes and ticks transmit these viruses by biting people. Human infections are usually incidental since humans are unable to replicate the virus. Yellow...
Aedes albopictus (Family Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito or Forest Day Mosquito, is characterized by its black and white striped legs and small, black and white body. It was native to south-east Asia, and occupied a habitat that spread from Madagascar eastward to New Guinea, and north to the latitude of Korea. The typical member of the Aedes albopictus has a length of about 5 mm. As with other members of the mosquito family, the female is outfitted with an elongated proboscis that she...
