Category: Mosquito Bourne Diseases
How bacteria-infected mosquitoes reduced dengue cases
Chemical and Engineering News Dengue infections are on the rise in many parts of the world, thanks to climate change and the expansion of the range of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. While some public health agencies are slowly rolling outtwo licensed vaccines, a few countries are also testing a novel intervention to battle these mosquitoes and the diseases they spread. […]
Nov 26, 2024
Texas officials announce first locally acquired case of dengue virus in 2024
ABC News Texas public health officials announced on Monday that the state’s first locally acquired case of dengue virus of the year was reported in Cameron County. There have been 106 travel-associated dengue cases in Texas in 2024, one of which resulted in death, officials said in a press release, noting this is the highest […]
Nov 26, 2024
Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex
BBC Scientists believe they have found a quirky way to fight mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika – by turning male insects deaf so they struggle to mate and breed. Mosquitoes have sex while flying in mid-air and the males rely on hearing to chase down a female, based on her attractive […]
Nov 5, 2024
Infecting Pharaohs 4,000 years ago, Egypt Has Finally Been Declared Malaria-Free
Good News Network Egypt, one of the world’s 15 most populous nations, has been certified malaria-free after a ‘pharaonic’ effort that began 100 years ago. Killing nearly 600,000 people every year, almost all of whom dwell in Africa, the malarial transmission chain has been interrupted for three years in a row, proving that the Egyptian […]
Oct 22, 2024
France’s Airports Report Increased Odyssean Malaria Cases
Precision Vaccinations In recent years, there has been an increase in locally acquired malaria cases in Europe related to travelers returning from Africa, which shoulders the heaviest burden (90%+) of malaria disease reported. In 2022, over 99% of Europe’s 6,131 malaria cases (mean age 37.9 yrs) were travel-related. To guide control measures, researchers analyzed two decades […]
Oct 15, 2024
Second EEE death confirmed in N.H.
Boston.com EEE, which is spread through mosquitoes, is rare but dangerous. Two New Hampshire residents have died this year. Public health officials in New Hampshire recently confirmed that a second resident of the state died after testing positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The person was only publicly identified as an adult from Danville. They were […]
Oct 8, 2024
Anthony Fauci: A Mosquito in My Backyard Made Me the Sickest I’ve Ever Been
NYT/Opinion After I spent more than 50 years chasing and fighting viruses, one fought back and nearly took me down. I speak of the West Nile virus, delivered by the deadliest animal on the planet: the mosquito. I got infected not during any of my international trips over the years but most likely while I […]
Oct 8, 2024
‘Highly aggressive’ day-biting mosquitoes found in Santa Clara
Santa Clara News A “highly aggressive” mosquito species that feeds “almost exclusively on humans” was detected in Santa Clara, county officials warned on Monday. The county’s Vector Control District found Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a residential area of the City of Santa Clara. The district identified 58 mosquitoes surrounding Agate Drive and Moraine Drive. Aedes aegypti […]
Oct 2, 2024
California faces ‘unprecedented’ local spread of dengue fever, possibly driven by climate change
The HIll California last week clocked its fourth case of locally transmitted dengue fever this year — an alarming rise in a sometimes-deadly disease that experts fear could be fueled by climate change. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the newest incidence of the mosquito-borne illness in a resident of Panorama City, a neighborhood in […]
Oct 2, 2024