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Bill Gates funded billions to trap malaria mosquitoes
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Grand Challenge Foundation have drawn $ 775 thousand for a malaria mosquito trapping project, based on the idea of a 2006 N…
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Bacteria kill mosquitoes that spread malaria
Wolbachia is a bacterium that can cause many types of insects to be poisoned, including mosquitoes. However, this bacterium does not make Anopheles mosquitoes (mosquitoe…
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Can transgenic mosquitoes become the
Initial success from experiments on genetically modified mosquitoes has set expectations to turn them into drugs that treat the most common disease in Asia and Latin Ame…
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Less mosquitoes can bring more illnesses!
Australian researchers have discovered something remarkable: If fewer mosquitoes, they will get bigger, disease will appear more.
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New method to cure African sleepiness
The British Journal of Nature published on April 1 said that Canadian and British scientists have found a new way to treat African sleeping sickness (often referred to a…
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Genetically modified mosquitoes may be anti-malarial allies
Enemies of our enemies can become allies in fighting a global health crisis.
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Mosquito repellent will no longer smell unpleasant
There will no longer be traps that catch mosquitoes like toilets. Recently, people have found a kind of attractant with low cost, capable of luring mosquitoes to suck bl…
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Dengue fever increases due to water tanks
In a study in Khanh Hoa, health experts were concerned that the construction of a water supply system could contribute to the spread of dengue fever, after finding 2000…
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New mosquito repellent
US researchers have identified a number of potential new insect repellents that are up to three times more effective than DEET mosquito repellent - a versatile ingredien…
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Sea cucumber - new 'weapon' against malaria
Nudibranchs (photos) produce a protein called lectin that weakens the development of malaria parasites. This can be seen as a promising new weapon in preventing the spre…
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Prepare vaccines to prevent malaria by ... mosquitoes!
Using the mosquito's own malaria parasite to produce vaccines is a project under development by an international research group in the United States.
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Fish can fight malaria mosquitoes
Kenyan researchers were surprised to use a small fish as a weapon to combat the rapid spread of malaria. That is the tilapia Nile fish
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Dengue outbreaks are at risk of outbreaks across Asia
Public health officials warn, this year dengue outbreaks are likely to break out in Asia and it will not exclude any country, from rich countries, keeping good hygiene l…
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How to prevent dengue in the community
Dengue fever is an acute infectious disease that can cause epidemics caused by dengue virus. The disease is spread by mosquitoes that burn infected people and then sprea…
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Insecticides: The faster the killing, the more harmful it is
Health experts warn of the use of insecticides that can cause poisoning; especially using poor quality floating products. Consumers should choose to buy