Tag - mosquito-borne

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Dengue: why is this sometimes fatal disease increasing around the world?

Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease found across swathes of tropical Africa, Asia and the Americas. As with most infectious diseases, the number of cases...

11 October, 2023

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UTMB researchers develop first chikungunya vaccine from virus that does not affect people

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that doesn’t have any effect on people, making the...

20 December, 2016

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Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus spreads in Caribbean

Seven deaths have been associated with the virus, but those people likely suffered from other health problems. A painful mosquito-borne virus spreading quickly through the Caribbean is causing alarm in Haiti and...

2 June, 2014

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Mosquito-borne virus epidemics sweeping Pacific region have social and economic costs

Political leaders in the Pacific are being warned that mosquito-borne viruses could have serious social and economic costs for the next five years. The region is dealing with an unprecedented chain of dengue fever, zika...

4 April, 2014

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