Articles related to "Mosquito Borne Disease Prevention"

Travelers need to be alert to health risks from mosquito bites in some parts of the world. Mosquito borne diseases can be avoided with simple precautions.

Travel to dengue-endemic areas is a risk for contracting dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).

The creation of malaria resistant mosquitoes using genetic modification has potential, but there are still problems to be solved before this technology can be used.

Illness and deaths associated with Rift Valley fever have been reported in Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

Malarial parasites have a complicated and fascinating life cycle that requires an Anopheles mosquito host and a vertebrate host. Mammals, birds, and reptiles get malaria.

Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of a mosquito during a blood meal. The disease may be mild or severe resulting in death in 5-70% of those infect