Sentences with phrase «dengue during an outbreak»

Previous research led by Vazquez - Prokopec showed that contact tracing of human cases of dengue fever, combined with indoor residual spraying for Aedes mosquitoes in homes, provided a significant reduction in the transmission of dengue during an outbreak.

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More recently, coinfections of Zika and dengue viruses, Zika and chikungunya, and all three viruses have been reported during various outbreaks, including the recent outbreak of Zika virus in North and South America.

While tropical temperatures appear to contribute, historical outbreaks of yellow fever and dengue in the United States as far north as New England show that mosquitos can indeed carry and transmit disease in more temperate climates during summer months.

Ian Patton, an American traveler in South America, contracted dengue fever during an outbreak in Argentina in 2008.

The problem with today's mosquito control is that it suffers from too much talking and increasingly relies on «community participation,» which is difficult to sustain, Knols wrote in his book; he scorned Aruba, where during a dengue outbreak schoolchildren were given a note asking their parents to remove mosquito breeding sites around the home.

Chan's interest in immunology began during his childhood in Singapore, which was frequently hit by dengue virus outbreaks.