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5 days ago · Common mosquito-borne viral diseases include yellow fever and dengue fever transmitted mostly by Aedes aegypti. Parasitic diseases transmitted by mosquitoes include malaria and lymphatic filariasis. The Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria are carried by female Anopheles mosquitoes.
- Mosquito (Disambiguation)
Arts and entertainment. Mosquito, a 1995 science fiction...
- Aedes
Aedes (also known as the tiger mosquito) is a genus of...
- Flies
An Anthomyiidae species showing characteristic dipteran...
- Mosquito Control
She says that the Anopheles mosquitoes (which spread...
- Aedeomyia
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- Culex
Etymology. In naming this genus, Carl Linnaeus used the...
- Mosquito (Disambiguation)
2 days ago · Arboviral situation summary. In the Region of the Americas, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 52 of 2022, a total of 3,126,573 cases of arboviral disease were reported. Of those, 2,812,204 ( 90.0 % ) were dengue cases, 273,841 ( 8.8 % ) chikungunya cases, and 40,528 ( 1.3 % ) were Zika cases. Country specific data on case counts and ...
23 hours ago · Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug. After its discovery in 1975, its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis. Approved for human use in 1987, it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.
4 days ago · Deaths. 619,000 (2021) [5] Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates. [6] [7] [3] Human malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches. [1] [8] In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death.
5 days ago · Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. Transmission of Dengue Fever Dengue virus is transmitted when a female Aedes mosquito bites an infected person and then subsequently bites an uninfected individual, transmitting the virus into their bloodstream.
5 days ago · The aim is to prevent complications and avoid possible overcrowding of health services. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that, in most cases, has no symptoms. However, when symptoms do occur, they usually include high fever, headache, body aches, nausea and rash.
2 days ago · Apr. 4, 2023 — With dengue on the spread, the new discovery helps explain why dengue viruses are so easily transmitted. The finding could also lead to new ways to ...
