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Eight Things You Need to Know about Mosquitos and their Bites
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 09, 2014 09:05 AM EDTHere are eight facts about mosquitos and their bites.
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Year-Long Preventive Care Lowers Children’s Risk of Malaria
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 05, 2014 02:08 PM EDTAccording to a new study, year-long preventive drug care can significantly reduce children's risk of malaria.
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Malaria vaccine shows promise during Follow-up Study
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 29, 2014 02:11 PM EDTThe results from an ongoing clinical trial found that the malaria vaccine was still able to protect children at 18 months.
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Mosquito-born Chikungunya Virus Shows up in the U.S.
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 13, 2014 10:57 AM EDTOfficials report that the mosquito-born chikungunya virus might be on the rise in the U.S.
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First Ever Dengue Vaccine Show Promise in Late-Stage Trial
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 28, 2014 10:11 AM EDTSanofi announced that its dengue fever vaccine was promising in a late-stage trial.
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Yellow Fever Mosquito Detected in California
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 21, 2013 10:29 AM EDTA deadly mosquito that is capable of carrying yellow fever and dengue has been detected in California. The vector control agents are scrambling to control its possible spread.
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Scientists Discovered First Blood-Engorged Mosquito Fossil
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 15, 2013 10:27 AM EDTIn a new study, researchers reported that they found blood in a mosquito fossil that lived 46 million years ago.
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Dengue Fever Shows Up in Florida Once Again
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 27, 2013 12:43 PM EDTDengue fever appears to be showing up in Florida once again.
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New Vaccine May Protect People from Multiple Malaria Strains
By Christine Hsu | Jul 01, 2013 01:43 PM EDTScientists may have found an effective vaccine that can protect people from multiple strains of malaria.
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Lose Interest for Human Blood
By Cheri Cheng | May 31, 2013 10:27 AM EDTResearchers mutated mosquitoes by removing the gene, orco, which left the mosquitoes with no sense of smell.
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Mosquito-Transferred Malaria Lowers Severity of the Symptoms
By Cheri Cheng | May 30, 2013 01:41 PM EDTResearchers found that when mosquitoes transfered the malaria parasite, the genetic activity of the parasite resets and results in a less severe form of malaria.
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Malaria May Make Mosquitoes More Attracted to Human Odor
By Christine Hsu | May 15, 2013 05:09 PM EDTA new study suggests that the malarial parasite may alter the mosquito olfactory system by making the insects more attracted to human odor.
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390 Million, Not 100 Million, People Infected with Dengue Fever: Study
By Makini Brice | Apr 08, 2013 11:42 AM EDTA recent study has found that dengue fever, nicknamed “bone breaking fever” for the aches that it can cause, occurs three times as often as was previously thought.
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