Sentences with phrase «times by mosquitoes»

When you consider a dog can be bitten over 80 times by mosquitoes in a single evening *, it's not hard to see the importance of protecting your dog against mosquito bites just like you protect yourself and your family.

Not exact matches

«If the mosquito transmission cycle gets knocked down by the storms and has to re-amplify, there may not be enough time after October,» said Scott Weaver, director of University of Texas Medical Branch's Institute for Human Infections and Immunity.

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.

Its early members included Nicolás José Gutiérrez, the physician who introduced anesthesia in Cuba, Felipe Poey y Aloy, Latin America's most famous ichthyologist at the time, and the renowned physician and scientist, Carlos Finlay, who first determined that yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes.

Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan leishmania parasites, which are transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies — flies that are three times smaller than a mosquito.

In a study published in PLOS ONE today, a team of researchers led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine show for the first time that female mosquitoes infected with malaria parasites are significantly more attracted to human odour than uninfected mosquitoes.

According to new research in the journal PLOS ONE by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Panama's government research institute, INDICASAT, mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which carry a group of dangerous viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads of the Americas multiple times, by land and by sea.

It's the first time that Zika has been spread in the US by local mosquitoes, rather than by travel

That's why researchers at a laboratory headed by Greg Ebel, ScD, at Colorado State University, are testing what happens in the Aedes variety of mosquitoes responsible for transmitting the viruses when they encounter more than one virus at a time.

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.

Field trials of GM insect control have been under way for some time, including a recent test of Oxitec's mosquitoes in the Brazilian city of Jacobina, where mosquito populations plummeted by 79 per cent between June and December last year, the company claims.

So they repeated their experiments, but this time they started by infecting the mosquitoes with the Reunion strain.

These wild animals are outdoors 24/7, so they're exposed to a much higher risk of being bitten by mosquitoes than our domestic dogs who spend most of their time indoors.

To jog the concern of clients, veterinary clinics may display a preserved heart infected with heartworm in a jar and hang posters about heartworm life cycles in examining rooms, but seeing is not necessarily believing; although clients can view the infested heart loaded with long, spaghetti - like worms every time they visit, many gamble that their dogs will never be bitten by an infected mosquito.

These signs are apt to occur about three months after the cat was bitten by an infected mosquito which is the time that they arrive at the heart and lungs.

Yes, we will see mosquitoes by this time, but they will not be warm enough.

«Dogs are infected with heartworms by mosquitoes, but it takes a long time for heartworm larvae to mature into adult, reproducing worms that can strangle the heart,» says Jennifer Miller, President of FOTAS, «so heartworm disease in a healthy, young dog is treatable with a course of antibiotics, which weakens any maturing worms, followed by monthly heartworm prevention medicine, like Heartguard, which every dog in the South should be on anyway.»

Total time from being bitten by an infected mosquito to infection by mature heartworms is typically 5 — 8 months, depending on the ambient temperature, and antigen tests can not detect an infection until there is a gravid (pregnant) female present.

I felt a little less than professionally competent when I thought about the number of times I'd been bothered by mosquitos inside my own house, and then realized that any one of those mosquitos might have been carrying heartworm disease.

They are bitten by a mosquito during the time they are not taking the preventative and develop Heartworm Disease.

It is best prevented if you avoid contact with mosquitoes as much as possible and wear protective clothing and sprays containing Deet when spending time in areas heavily populated by mosquitoes.

It is IMPERATIVE that your friend be protected from heartworms, which can be transmitted by a single mosquito bite any time of the year!

Mosquitoes spread the disease by injecting the parasite into your pet at the time of the bite.

Middle - aged, outdoor males are almost 4 times more likely to be affected by heartworms than are other dogs, especially in hot, mosquito - friendly climates during the spring and summer hunting months.

We always think about heartworms in the spring because they are spread by mosquitoes that become active at this time of year.

During this time period the heartworms carried by the mosquito can stay alive and when the weather warms up again the mosquito can infect our pets right away.

You should not assume that by travelling in the «dry season» you are safe as it only takes one bite by an infected mosquito at any time of the year to contract malaria.

The resort is kept tidy at all times, however, it is important to note that because it is surrounded by nature, bugs and mosquitoes will always be there so make sure to carry insect repellent always.

Well the statistical odds of you getting killed by a cow is twice as high as being bitten by a shark, 3 times greater by a dog and a whopping 100.000 greater chance by the teeny tiny mosquito.

As far out as Mister Mosquito already is, its most bizarre feature is this 2 - player mini game that can be accessed by cycling the right analog stick 30 times on the title screen.

A co-presentation with Creative Time, this event will include site - specific performances by Marinella Senatore and Nástio Mosquito.

To the untrained eye, all evidence here in the heart of the Amazon signals virgin forest, untouched by man for time immemorial — from the ubiquitous fruit palms to the cry of howler monkeys, from the air thick with mosquitoes to the unruly tangle of jungle vines.

Within a wide range of temperature, the warmer the ambient temperature, the shorter the incubation period from the time the mosquito imbibes the infective blood until the mosquito is able to transmit by bite.

The insect slaughter was part of a contest held by a company that makes bug - catchers, which awarded Yuyen around $ 3,000 for her 3 lbs, 5 ounces worth of mosquito carcasses.According to the Liberty Times, Yuyen beat out 72 other mosquito - catching participants quite handily — her closest competitor nabbed less than half of her estimated 4 million bugs.