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2.Eliminating mosquitos and other pests that carry deadly viruses such as Dengue and Zika. It may be possible, as well, to eliminate those insects that have been plaguing humanity. Through CRISPR, their reproduction can be controlled until the harmful species are wiped out. 3.Come up with mor...
The four dengue virus serotypes are mosquito-borne flaviviruses that infect hundreds of millions of individuals each year in Southeast Asia, western Pacific Islands, Africa, and Latin America. Nearly 100 million individuals report flu-like symptoms. Though rarely deadly, the virus can cause severe i...
Yet this year's (2023) episode of dengue fever has crossed every line concerning fatality. Symptoms of the fever range from high fever, headaches, and muscle aches to deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The present review aims to assess the current pathogenicity and associated risk factors ...
Although many people view mosquito bites as a temporary nuisance, in some parts of the world they have serious, even deadly, repercussions. One mosquitospecies,Aedes aegypti, spreads the viruses that cause over 100,000,000 cases of dengue, yellow fever, Zika, and other diseases every year. An...
It is widely known that adult mosquitoes can infect the ones whose blood they suck with deadly viruses—such as dengue fever, zika, yellow fever, and West Nile—and parasites that lead to fatal diseases like malaria and elephantiasis.
there have been new outbreaks ofmeaslesand polio. When it comes to combating dengue itself—a scourge that can be bone-crushingly painful for some and deadly for others, and which in recent decades has emerged as the world’s fastest-spreading and most common mosquito-borne illness—the opportu...
The excitement reached a fever pitch in recent years because of one particularly compelling story. In 2016, HIV researcher Tom Patterson picked up a deadly antibiotic-resistant infection in Egypt. His wife, infectious disease epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee, helped hunt for the phage therapy that ...
Before the 1990s, malaria was perceived as ‘rampant’, deadly and extremely serious. Many remembered experiencing severe symptoms themselves and deaths among family and friends. The only treatments were herbal and traditional medicines. At this time Government incentives were provided to encourage ...