Tag: mosquito

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:43 UTC

  Bolivia declares dengue emergency as six deaths are reported

  

  The Bolivian province of Santa Cruz has declared a sanitary emergency in the region following an outbreak of the mosquito transmitted dengue fever which has already caused at least six deaths, according to local officials.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 15:20 UTC

  Uruguay prepares to combat leishmaniasis, which threatens to spread from Argentina

  

  The advance of the mosquito transmitted leishmaniasis in South America, (Uruguay and Chile are the only countries with no registered cases) motivated a recent symposium to address the challenge in Punta del Este.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  With summer rainfall dengue outbreak threatens fifty major Brazilian cities

  

  Some fifty Brazilian cities are exposed to serious outbreaks of dengue during the austral summer and another 236 are on ‘alert’ for the same reason, according to a paper presented Monday by Brazil’s Health minister Alexandre Padhilla.

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 16:16 UTC

  Mosquitoes never rest: they rapidly develop resistance to insecticide treated nets

  

  Mosquitoes can rapidly develop resistance to bed nets treated with insecticide, a new study from Senegal suggests. In recent years the nets have become a leading method of preventing malaria, especially in Africa.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:26 UTC

  Australian entomologists find cheap way of neutralizing dengue virus mosquitoes

  

  By infecting mosquitoes with bacteria from flies that commonly live in kitchen fruit bowls, researchers have stopped the insects spreading the dengue virus.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 06:07 UTC

  Dengue is back in South America: 31 dead and 46.600 suspected cases

  

  An outbreak of dengue fever across much of Latin America has killed 31 people since the start of the year and is showing no sign of relenting. Endemic in several countries there’s growing concern following the discovery of a very “aggressive” strain in Peru.