Sentences with phrase «born by mosquitoes»

Many diseases might spread dramatically as the temperatures head upward, especially those born by mosquitoes.

When I went to Kenya, for example, there was a tension: so - called progressive westerners got all watery - eyed about going on safari and protecting the zebras and the wildebeests, but the western environment lovers barely noticed the people of Kenya, or ever learned about the gigantic environmental challenges to human life and health: like malaria borne by mosquitoes and diseases from unsanitary drinking water.

Not exact matches

Cases of tick - and mosquito - borne diseases more than triple since 2004, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The outbreak of Zika, a mosquito - borne disease, was detected last year in Brazil, where it has been linked to more than 1,700 cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems.

Cases of tick - and mosquito - borne diseases more than triple since 2004, according to a new study by the CDC.

Yellow fever is a blood - borne virus spread by certain female mosquitoes.

In both states, doctors are on the lookout for an uptick in respiratory problems, skin infections, and mosquito - borne diseases brought on by the water and mold the storms left behind.

But there's some good news here: Storms aren't always followed by increased transmission of mosquito - borne diseases, and we're nearing the end of transmission season in the US, with the weather cooling down in time for winter.

Unlike other mosquito - borne diseases, such as chikungunya or Zika, West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis are always present in the US, circulating in birds and mosquitoes, and don't need to be imported by travelers from abroad to spark outbreaks.

Unlike Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue, Malaria is a mosquito - borne illness caused by a parasite, not a virus.

Malaria is a mosquito - borne disease caused by a parasite.

Zika is a mosquito born virus that is transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

Brazil has been the hardest hit country by the mosquito - borne virus, with 1.5 million cases of active Zika transmission.

New York continues to lead the nation in Zika cases, with 811 people testing positive for the mosquito - borne virus, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Burstein continued: «Mosquitoes are a summertime nuisance, but by taking a few simple steps, you can reduce your risk of being bitten and possibly contracting a mosquito - borne disease like WNV.

Gene drives enable a gene to spread rapidly through a population; there are plans to use them to combat mosquito - borne diseases by making the flies sterile or unsuitable as hosts for various viruses and parasites.

She has had experiences with reporters who thought the scientific community «didn't know anything» when she expressed caveats and uncertainty around a complex topic (such as how mosquito - borne diseases in the U.S. - Mexico border region may be affected by climate change).

Spread by mosquitos and through sexual intercourse, Zika virus has also been linked to babies being born with small heads and brains — a condition called microcephaly.

As members of the Eliminate Dengue Program, an international effort managed by Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, they have explored how a bacterium that infects 60 percent of insects around the world may be used as a tool to combat the spread of dengue and similar mosquito - borne viruses.

Dr. Lauren Ancel Meyers, senior author and Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, added: «Zika outbreaks require the importation of the disease by infected travellers followed by local mosquito - borne transmission.

The news, reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), may help resolve a puzzle: After Brazil, Colombia is the country that has been hardest hit by the mosquito - borne disease, yet it appeared to have far fewer microcephaly cases per capita than its southern neighbor.

SES is a collaborative approach by researchers of varying disciplines that leads to new information that is necessary for the development of effective policies, technologies and management strategies to fight the spread of mosquito - borne viruses.

The mosquito - borne disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite kills more than 700,000 people every year, the vast majority of them African children, and no vaccine has ever shown efficacy in trials.

Malaria is caused by a handful of species of parasites in the genus Plasmodium through the bite of mosquitos and remains a widespread vector - borne infectious disease, sickening almost half a billion people every year around the planet.

An experimental vaccine to prevent the mosquito - borne viral illness chikungunya elicited neutralizing antibodies in all 25 adult volunteers who participated in a recent early - stage clinical trial conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

By means of this strange, sterile courtship, Cornell University scientists hope to breed control of mosquito - borne disease.

Findings from a recent study, conducted by the University of Florida's Tourism Crisis Management Initiative, or TCMI, shows more than 70 percent of potential visitors are concerned with the mosquito - borne Zika virus in Florida.

Medical care is primitive, cholera outbreaks occur occasionally, and malaria, borne by chloroquine - resistant mosquitoes, is rampant.

There is no specific medicine or vaccine to prevent or treat disease caused by the mosquito - borne virus.

To illustrate how Zika fears were misplaced, and to offer one example for how the public - health community can use data to better understand future epidemics, the study compared other mosquito - borne diseases carried by the same mosquito that carries Zika, such as dengue virus.

Flaviviruses are the cause of diseases spread by mosquitoes (e.g., dengue fever and West Nile fever) and by ticks (e.g., Powassan virus disease and tick - borne encephalitis).

Before health officials decide to spray it over cities again, perhaps they ought to take a look at malathion's less - than - reassuring history (see «Malathion: Fear by Year,» at left)-- remembering that DDT, too, once seemed like humanity's last, best defense against mosquito - borne diseases.

Plasmodium falciparum, a blood - borne parasite carried by mosquitoes, is responsible for most of the estimated 219 million cases, and 655,000 deaths, from malaria per year.

Zika is a mosquito - borne virus that can also be transmitted by sexual activity.

Mosquito - borne human diseases such as Zika virus, dengue fever and malaria are promoted by both heat and standing water, and could be exacerbated by warm - wet extremes.

Transmission of mosquito - borne diseases, such as Zika, occur at lower temperatures than previously thought, a recently released study co-authored by two University of South Florida researchers shows.

The approach enabled a wide range of studies of human brain development, including implicating a new class of neural stem cell recently discovered by the lab in the evolutionary expansion of the human brain and identifying how the mosquito - borne Zika virus may contribute to microcephaly in infants infected in utero.

The work by scientists from Colorado State University is one of several new Zika - related studies being presented at the world's largest gathering of tropical medicine experts, including probing the implications of having three mosquito - borne viruses — dengue, Zika and chikungunya — circulating in the Americas and parts of Asia at the same time.

But dengue isn't the biggest mosquito - borne killer; that's malaria, which is responsible for the deaths of more than half a million people annually and is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, a very different genus.

First detected during the 1930s in southern Africa, the mosquito - borne pathogen had crossed the Sahara into Egypt by 1977 and by 1999 had traversed the Red Sea into Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Bed nets therefore remain one of the most cost - effective ways to reduce malaria transmission and are likely to be effective for vector - borne diseases caused by mosquito species that bite primarily at night.»

Zika virus infection has spread to more than 45 countries in the Americas and 3 US territories, and, most recently, local transmission was confirmed in the continental United States in the state of Florida.11 Mosquito - borne transmission of ZIKV in other areas of the United States is possible based on the estimated range of its vectors (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus).12 Recognition of the CZS phenotype by pediatric clinicians will help ensure appropriate and timely evaluation and follow - up of affected infants.

His PhD focused on vector ecology, more precisely on mosquitoes in New Zealand and how the threat of a mosquito - borne disease outbreak has been affected by ongoing anthropogenic environmental change.

That's one reason I took notice of this week's report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about vector - borne illnesses, a.k.a. diseases spread by insects like ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes.

Pregnant women have been warned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to avoid traveling to areas where the mosquito - born virus is spreading, including any part of Brazil that's under 6,500 feet in elevation.

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Zika is a mosquito - borne virus that is spread by the Aedes mosquito.

Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine Receives NIH Grant to Study Transmission of Mosquito - Borne DiseasesBusiness Wire (press release) Researchers at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (Ross) have been awarded a grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study these viruses and advance our understanding of how they may be transmitted between animals and humans.and more»

Heartworm disease (HWD), caused by the mosquito - borne nematode Dirofilaria immitis, is endemic in most areas of the United States, including urban areas where most of the U.S. population (about 80 %) lives.

We have all heard of the yearly hurricane forecasts made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, now the Companion Animal Parasite Council is predicting that in 2016 the spread of vector - borne disease agents transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes will continue to promulgate and create a year - round menace to both pets and pet owners.