World malaria report 2022
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report offers in-depth information on the latest trends in malaria control and elimination at global, regional and country levels. The report highlights progress towards
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report offers in-depth information on the latest trends in malaria control and elimination at global, regional and country levels. The report highlights progress towards
Unhygienic conditions coupled with fluctuations in temperature are major reasons for the unusual breeding of mosquitoes. NIZAMABAD: Mosquito breeding has increased at an alarming rate in the rural
Ahmedabad: City-dwellers have no respite from the bite of Aedes aegypti as the cases of vector-borne infections, especially chikungunya and dengue, are on the rise. According to the weekly health report
<p>Severe malaria is a life-threatening complication of an infection with the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which requires immediate treatment. Safety and efficacy concerns with currently used
Cases of dengue breached the 1-lakh mark in India in 2016. The figure, 1,11,880 to be precise, was the highest in the last seven years and indicated at the country-wide prevalence of the infectious disease.
AHMEDABAD: Vector-borne infections continue to rise in the city, with 75 fresh cases reported till Saturday. Of these, there is a significant spike in the number of cases of chikungunya and dengue. There
In a first, researchers have genetically engineered mosquitoes that have an increased resistance to infection by the dengue virus. After decades of research and countless control attempts, dengue continues
<p>Mosquito-borne viruses threaten public health worldwide. When the ratio of competent vectors to susceptible humans is low enough, the virus’s basic reproductive number (R0) falls below 1.0 (each
<p>Countries in the Asia Pacific region aim to eliminate malaria by 2030. A cornerstone of malaria elimination is the effective management of Anopheles mosquito vectors. Current control tools such as insecticide
Pulmonary and heart diseases claimed 46,811 lives in Karnataka in 2014, the latest year for which statistics on various causes of deaths in the country have been compiled by the Medical Certification of
<p>We have developed genetically modified Ae. aegypti mosquitoes that activate the conserved antiviral JAK/STAT pathway in the fat body tissue, by overexpressing either the receptor Dome or the Janus kinase