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Centre Issues Advisory To States In View Of Zika Virus Cases From Maharashtra
The health facilities and hospitals have been assigned a nodal officer to monitor and act to keep the premises Aedes mosquito-free.
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Indonesia Planned To Breed "Good" Mosquitoes To Combat Dengue. Now That Plan Has Been Put On Hold
The lab-bred mosquitoes injected with Wolbachia bacteria were meant to be released in dengue fever 'red zones' in the city of Yogyakarta in mid-November.
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Zika Virus: Common Signs And Symptoms And Most Effective Ways For Prevention
22 Zika virus cases have been reported in Jaipur, Rajasthan.The virus can be transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes - the same mosquitoes which are also carriers of dengue.
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Confirmed Cases of Chikungunya Soar in Brazil
Brazil's Health Ministry says that cases of chikungunya are soaring this year in Latin America's biggest country.
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Brazil's Factory-Grown Mutant Mosquitoes To Breed Out Diseases
Scientists in Brazil are preparing to release millions of factory-bred mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out their distant cousins that carry tropical diseases. The insects' method: have sex and then die.
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Direct Evidence Identifies Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Transmits Zika
Scientists have for the first time directly connected the Aedes aegypti mosquito with transmission of the Zika virus in the Americas.
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Maharashtra Government Classifies Dengue As 'Notified Disease'
Maharashtra government has classified dengue as a 'notified disease' which will now enable officials to enter residential premises to check for larvae breeding of the dengue causing Aedes aegypti mosquito, state Public Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant has said.
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Chikungunya Virus Is Transmitted Across Mosquito Generations
Researchers have found that "Aedes aegypti" mosquitoes that transmit the chikungunya virus, pass it on to their offspring- a feature that allows these mosquitoes to maintain the virus within their population for generations.
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Brazil Confirms Mosquito As Zika Vector
Brazilian scientists said on Monday they have found the first hard evidence the Zika virus blamed for causing brain damage in hundreds of babies is carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
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Australian Authorities Spray Queensland Hotel Over Zika Scare
Australian authorities stepped up the fight against Zika in the north of the country today, spraying homes and businesses near a hotel after a guest tested positive for the disease and mosquitoes carrying the virus were detected.
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US-Brazil Teams Seek Mothers, Babies For Zika Research
US and Brazilian health workers knocked on doors in the poorest neighborhoods of one of Brazil's poorest states on Tuesday in a bid to enroll mothers in a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is really causing a surge in birth defects.
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Thieves Rob Brazil Home Pretending To Be Zika Health Workers
Brazilian authorities in the southern city of Joinville are warning residents to guard against fraudsters after three thieves posing as health workers working to wipe out the Zika virus entered a home and ran off with cash and electronics.
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Mosquito Spreading Zika Has Long Been One Of The World's 'Most Efficient Killers'
Thousands of species of mosquitoes inhabit the planet, but few have proved more resilient - or more deadly to humans - than the Aedes aegypti. It has fueled a long list of epidemics across the globe: Dengue fever. Yellow fever. Chikungunya. And now, Zika.
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Brazil Launches Anti-Zika Campaign In Schools
Government ministers, state governors, health agents and members of the armed forces are visiting schools throughout Brazil to involve students in the nationwide campaign to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus.
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Brazil Military Fight Mosquitoes, Flower Pot To Flower Pot
Zika outbreak has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization and at least in public relations terms poses a threat to Rio's hosting of the Olympics this August -- adding to pressure on Rousseff to find a solution.
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Centre Issues Advisory To States In View Of Zika Virus Cases From Maharashtra
The health facilities and hospitals have been assigned a nodal officer to monitor and act to keep the premises Aedes mosquito-free.
-
Indonesia Planned To Breed "Good" Mosquitoes To Combat Dengue. Now That Plan Has Been Put On Hold
The lab-bred mosquitoes injected with Wolbachia bacteria were meant to be released in dengue fever 'red zones' in the city of Yogyakarta in mid-November.
-
Zika Virus: Common Signs And Symptoms And Most Effective Ways For Prevention
22 Zika virus cases have been reported in Jaipur, Rajasthan.The virus can be transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes - the same mosquitoes which are also carriers of dengue.
-
Confirmed Cases of Chikungunya Soar in Brazil
Brazil's Health Ministry says that cases of chikungunya are soaring this year in Latin America's biggest country.
-
Brazil's Factory-Grown Mutant Mosquitoes To Breed Out Diseases
Scientists in Brazil are preparing to release millions of factory-bred mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out their distant cousins that carry tropical diseases. The insects' method: have sex and then die.
-
Direct Evidence Identifies Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Transmits Zika
Scientists have for the first time directly connected the Aedes aegypti mosquito with transmission of the Zika virus in the Americas.
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Maharashtra Government Classifies Dengue As 'Notified Disease'
Maharashtra government has classified dengue as a 'notified disease' which will now enable officials to enter residential premises to check for larvae breeding of the dengue causing Aedes aegypti mosquito, state Public Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant has said.
-
Chikungunya Virus Is Transmitted Across Mosquito Generations
Researchers have found that "Aedes aegypti" mosquitoes that transmit the chikungunya virus, pass it on to their offspring- a feature that allows these mosquitoes to maintain the virus within their population for generations.
-
Brazil Confirms Mosquito As Zika Vector
Brazilian scientists said on Monday they have found the first hard evidence the Zika virus blamed for causing brain damage in hundreds of babies is carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
-
Australian Authorities Spray Queensland Hotel Over Zika Scare
Australian authorities stepped up the fight against Zika in the north of the country today, spraying homes and businesses near a hotel after a guest tested positive for the disease and mosquitoes carrying the virus were detected.
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US-Brazil Teams Seek Mothers, Babies For Zika Research
US and Brazilian health workers knocked on doors in the poorest neighborhoods of one of Brazil's poorest states on Tuesday in a bid to enroll mothers in a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is really causing a surge in birth defects.
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Thieves Rob Brazil Home Pretending To Be Zika Health Workers
Brazilian authorities in the southern city of Joinville are warning residents to guard against fraudsters after three thieves posing as health workers working to wipe out the Zika virus entered a home and ran off with cash and electronics.
-
Mosquito Spreading Zika Has Long Been One Of The World's 'Most Efficient Killers'
Thousands of species of mosquitoes inhabit the planet, but few have proved more resilient - or more deadly to humans - than the Aedes aegypti. It has fueled a long list of epidemics across the globe: Dengue fever. Yellow fever. Chikungunya. And now, Zika.
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Brazil Launches Anti-Zika Campaign In Schools
Government ministers, state governors, health agents and members of the armed forces are visiting schools throughout Brazil to involve students in the nationwide campaign to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus.
-
Brazil Military Fight Mosquitoes, Flower Pot To Flower Pot
Zika outbreak has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization and at least in public relations terms poses a threat to Rio's hosting of the Olympics this August -- adding to pressure on Rousseff to find a solution.
