News tagged with mosquito aedes aegypti
Researchers field test genetically modified mosquitoes to combat dengue fever
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxitec, a British company spun off from Oxford University has announced the results of its field test of genetically altered mosquitoes to combat the infamous dengue fever. As they report ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Proteins may affect behavior and physiology of female mosquitoes
Researchers have identified 93 seminal fluid proteins and 52 sperm male-derived proteins that include candidates likely to affect the behavior and physiology of female mosquitoes of the species, Aedes aegypti. The results ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Discovery could shrink dengue-spreading mosquito population
Each year, dengue fever infects as many as 100 million people while yellow fever is responsible for about 30,000 deaths worldwide. Both diseases are spread by infected female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Flightless mosquitoes developed to help control dengue fever
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new strain of mosquitoes in which females cannot fly may help curb the transmission of dengue fever, according to UC Irvine and British scientists.
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Climate variability and dengue incidence
Research published this week in PLoS Medicine demonstrates associations between local rainfall and temperature and cases of dengue fever, which affects an estimated fifty million people per year worldwide. But the study ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Population movement can be critical factor in dengue's spread
Human movement is a key factor of dengue virus inflow in Rio de Janeiro, according to results from researchers based at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil. The results, based on data from a severe epidemic in ...
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Getting mosquitoes to kill their own
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's about mosquitoes killing mosquitoes.
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Mosquito parasite may help fight dengue fever
Dengue fever is a terrible viral disease blighting many of the world's tropical regions. Carried by mosquitoes, such as Aedes aegypti, 40% of the world's population is believed to be at risk from the infect ...
May 01, 2009 |
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