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Video: Banner to kill mosquitoes, Zika room
Two Killer Billboards Mosquito billboards in the capital Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are being used to attract and kill Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes (which can carry Zika virus)…
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Video: The hair of the nape of a mosquito's blood sucking
What really happens when a mosquito bites a person? Recently scientists of Pasteur Institute, Paris have recorded a scary film of hair on this blood sucking process.
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He gave the Pfizer Prize for research on mosquito malaria transmission
The study helped to find a way to kill these dangerous insects through their breeding patterns.
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Visit mosquito research center under the city of London
Beneath the busy streets in central London, UK, there is a hot, damp and bustling basement where mosquitoes are heard.
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The gold fever winners
In the 17th and 18th centuries, yellow fever was one of the terrible disasters in tropical countries. Every time the outbreak exploded, up to 3% of the population became…
Medicine - Health
Should scratching after mosquito bites?
This seems to be too ordinary, but it is actually an interest of epidemiologists and biologists.
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Infrared device detects mosquitoes infected with Zika virus
This method detects Zika virus in mosquitoes, contributing to preventing the disease from spreading before it can spread.
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New research: Not blood, this is why mosquitoes choose people to burn
Surprisingly, just over 3,000 species of mosquitoes actually specialize in biting people, the rest of them can take food from a variety of sources.
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Read also to understand how to
On a beautiful day, you wake up and see people with rashes, but surely the culprit is not a mosquito.
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Prevention and treatment of Japanese encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis is an acute infectious disease because a virus has an affinity for brain tissue. The disease often leaves serious sequelae and high mortality rates.
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Early signs of Japanese encephalitis
The time between June and October every year is the peak of Japanese encephalitis. This is a high-risk disease in the summer of all ages if it has not been vaccinated.
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An additional virus is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes
According to IFL, the patient was a 16-year-old teenager in North Central Florida. Before being identified with the Keystone virus infection, he attended summer camp and…
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Find an anti-malaria drug that can turn human blood into toxins with mosquitoes
Scientists have found an oral drug capable of turning human blood into a toxin for mosquitoes and even killing mosquitoes.
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Brazil detected 8 mutations of the yellow fever virus
The Brazilian medical experts report that these mutations are related to proteins involved in viral replication.
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Japan has found a killer for dengue larvae
According to sources from Nikei Asian Review, Kuyshu Medical, a small Japanese biotech company, successfully extracted tablet-like drugs that can kill mosquito larvae.