Mosquito-borne Viral Disease

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that can lead to fever, muscle and joint pain, fatigue and rashes. It is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly, Aedes aegypti.

If a diabetic gets dengue, the infection can affect the vision, cause brain inflammation, make the body go into septic shock, or lead to multi-organ failure. Read on for more information.

Doctors state that the breeding of dengue mosquitoes depends upon humidity and temperature.

Brazil's Health Ministry says that cases of chikungunya are soaring this year in Latin America's biggest country.

"Lazy mosquitoes" are the reason why women, who tend to spend more time at home than men, are more likely to be infected by chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease which spreads the same way as Zika, researchers said on Monday.

The BJP-led centre and Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government have blamed each other for the massive health crisis in Delhi, where five people have died of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya and 10 of dengue.

As Delhi reels from an outbreak of chikungunya, dengue and other mosquito-borne viral diseases, Health Minister Satyender Jain returned only this evening from Goa, where he had gone to oversee the Aam Aadmi Party's preparations for next year's assembly elections.

Chikungunya transmitting mosquitoes are active throughout the day with their peak activity ranging between early morning and afternoon. The disease is spread by the same mosquito responsible for the outspread of Zika and dengue. Avoid staying in or visiting areas with mosquitoes.

Malaysia recorded 336 dengue deaths - the highest ever - last year as it saw a whopping 50 per cent jump in the number of fatalities due to mosquito-borne viral disease compared to 2014, the government said today.

Dengue virus is estimated to infect up to 400 million people globally each year. The World Health Organisation ranks it as the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world.

Drugs already developed to treat bacterial infection can be re-purposed to cure the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue, Australian researchers have found.

Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne viral disease, has taken hold in French Polynesia, spreading rapidly and threatening neighbouring Pacific nations, regional health authorities said today.

Mexico is very likely to join the list of countries to register cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya, a senior health ministry official said on Wednesday.

El Salvador has detected nearly 30,000 cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya, and has undertaken measures to prevent the disease-carrying mosquitoes breeding, the head of the country's emergency services said on Wednesday.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that can lead to fever, muscle and joint pain, fatigue and rashes. It is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly, Aedes aegypti.

If a diabetic gets dengue, the infection can affect the vision, cause brain inflammation, make the body go into septic shock, or lead to multi-organ failure. Read on for more information.

Doctors state that the breeding of dengue mosquitoes depends upon humidity and temperature.

Brazil's Health Ministry says that cases of chikungunya are soaring this year in Latin America's biggest country.

"Lazy mosquitoes" are the reason why women, who tend to spend more time at home than men, are more likely to be infected by chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease which spreads the same way as Zika, researchers said on Monday.

The BJP-led centre and Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government have blamed each other for the massive health crisis in Delhi, where five people have died of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya and 10 of dengue.

As Delhi reels from an outbreak of chikungunya, dengue and other mosquito-borne viral diseases, Health Minister Satyender Jain returned only this evening from Goa, where he had gone to oversee the Aam Aadmi Party's preparations for next year's assembly elections.

Chikungunya transmitting mosquitoes are active throughout the day with their peak activity ranging between early morning and afternoon. The disease is spread by the same mosquito responsible for the outspread of Zika and dengue. Avoid staying in or visiting areas with mosquitoes.

Malaysia recorded 336 dengue deaths - the highest ever - last year as it saw a whopping 50 per cent jump in the number of fatalities due to mosquito-borne viral disease compared to 2014, the government said today.

Dengue virus is estimated to infect up to 400 million people globally each year. The World Health Organisation ranks it as the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world.

Drugs already developed to treat bacterial infection can be re-purposed to cure the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue, Australian researchers have found.

Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne viral disease, has taken hold in French Polynesia, spreading rapidly and threatening neighbouring Pacific nations, regional health authorities said today.

Mexico is very likely to join the list of countries to register cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya, a senior health ministry official said on Wednesday.

El Salvador has detected nearly 30,000 cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya, and has undertaken measures to prevent the disease-carrying mosquitoes breeding, the head of the country's emergency services said on Wednesday.