“For those not previously infected by dengue virus, however, the analysis found that in the longer term, more cases of severe disease could occur following vaccination upon a subsequent dengue infection.” In other words, there were some people who wouldn’t be protected from dengue by Dengv...
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Basically, it involves maintaining a physical distance of about six feet (1.8 meters) between people and staying away from gatherings or crowded places. The idea is to prevent the spread of the virus through the spray of droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. In many parts of ...
ways.The scientists point out to evidence that changes in the past thirty years many already be affecting human health.Temperature changes may also influence the spread of disease.For example, warmer weather speeds the growth of organisms that cause diseases like malaria(疟疾)and dengue fever(...
The mosquito is the deadliest animal on the planet. About half a million people die every year because of mosquito bite. Diseases such as malaria and dengue infect hundreds of millions of people every year, across the planet. That burden of disease weighs quite heavily on both communities and...
Vector-borne diseases - such as malaria, dengue, Zika,yellow fever and West Nile - are seen by WHO as an increased threat in Africa, potentially affecting over 800 million people, some 70 per cent of the population. West Nile virus has gained a foothold in anincreasing number of coun...
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The problem many people have with bio-fuels is the crops they grow to make them are land based plants. This land could be used to grow food crops instead of those for bio-fuel. That is one reason why duckweed has people taking notice, it is grown on the water and frees up land for...
–Thailand also reported its first death, reported the Ministry of Public health. The deceased was a 35-year-old man who also suffered from dengue fever before testing positive for coronavirus. The total cases in Thailand stand at 42.29
Avoiding malaria is one thing, but there’s also dengue fever, a painful disease from mosquito bites that can take a long time to subside and makes your bones feel like they’re breaking (this from a friend who caught it in Thailand). Like malaria there is no vaccine, and also like ma...