Tag: #Mosquitoes
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Aedes Aegypti: Dengue Fever, a Lethal Issue
Dengue fever is a killer disease that has killed many people in Pakistan. The first reported case of dengue fever in Pakistan was detected in 1994 and the first outbreak of this disease was confirmed in Pakistan in 2006. The tally of dengue cases in 2020 are more than 3,442 and 24,547 cases in 2019…
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Climate Change May Accelerate Spread of West Nile Virus
Climate change may accelerate the spread of West Nile virus.
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UN to test impact of mosquito sterilisation on disease spread
Geneva, Nov 14 (AFP/APP): The UN said Thursday it was preparing to test a sterilisation technique targeting mosquitoes that could help rein in the spread of a range of devastating diseases such as dengue and Zika. A form of insect “birth control”, called Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), has been used for decades to control crop-killing…