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A. aegypti only and dengue distribution in 2006. Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million people get a mosquito-borne illness each year, [1] resulting in over tens million deaths. [2]
RNA virus. Taxonomy and replication strategies of different types of RNA viruses. An RNA virus is a virus —other than a retrovirus —that has ribonucleic acid ( RNA) as its genetic material. [1] The nucleic acid is usually single-stranded RNA ( ssRNA) but it may be double-stranded (dsRNA). [2]
Zika virus ( ZIKV; pronounced / ˈziːkə / or / ˈzɪkə / [3] [4]) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. [5] It is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus. [5] Its name comes from the Ziika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947. [6] Zika virus shares a genus with the ...
History of virology. Electron micrograph of the rod-shaped particles of tobacco mosaic virus that are too small to be seen using a light microscope. The history of virology – the scientific study of viruses and the infections they cause – began in the closing years of the 19th century. Although Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur developed the ...
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. [1] Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. [2] [3] Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity.
Jan 22, 2014 · Dengue virus (DENV) is the most common and widespread vector-borne arbovirus in the world, and over the past 30 years, there has been a dramatic increase in incidence and geographic spread. Considering the difficulty of preventing infections and consequence of severe disease, it is important to reflect on the history of dengue in the United States and focus attention on its recent re-emergence ...
Aedes (also known as the tiger mosquito [1]) is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity: Aedes albopictus, a particularly invasive species, was spread to the Americas, including the United States, in the 1980s, by ...
