MARCH 27TH, 2025POSTED BY BRANDI WAMPLER-NOTRE DAME A mosquito that has been fed dye to make her glow. (Credit: Lee R. Haines) SHARE THIS ARTICLE You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. TAGS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Researchers have discovered that when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes...
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Health and financial toll of mosquito-borne chikungunya infection likely vastly underestimated, data suggest
by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The health and financial implications of the emerging threat of mosquito-borne chikungunya viral infection have most likely been significantly underestimated, with total costs probably approaching US$ 50 billion in 2011–20 alone, suggests a comprehensive data analysis, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. In the short term,...
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EEE, West Nile, malaria: Know the difference between these mosquito-borne diseases
August 27, 2024 by The Associated Press In this Aug. 26, 2019 file photo, a municipal biologist examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file The world’s deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It’s the mosquito. The buzzing insects are more than annoying—they spread disease. When they...