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Scientists design new drug compound to stop malaria in its tracks
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 13 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis have designed a drug-like compound that effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria parasite life cycle and are working to develop this compound into a potential first o
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Study suggests simple genetic modification aims to stop mosquitoes spreadi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria, suggests a preliminary study published today in eLife.
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Agitating farmers gear up for summer months with mosquito nets, repellent,
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], March 4 (ANI): After surviving Delhi's harsh winters, farmers agitating at the borders of the national capital against the Centre's contentious farm laws are now gearing up to battle the summer months with portable fans, mosquito nets and other necessities.
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Study focuses on using landscape connectivity to control deadly mosquito-b
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): A recent study led researchers at Yale School of the Environment has developed a new method for tracking how the deadly yellow fever mosquito moves through the environment, a potentially critical tool for controlling the insect and the diseases it spreads.
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Trial gives hope for better control of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): An international study, led by QIMR Berghofer researchers, has shown that a new device that targets 'Aedes aegypti' mosquitos could be extremely useful in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika.
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Study indicates malaria risk can be accelerated by multiple mosquito blood
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 3 (ANI): A recent research by Virginia Tech and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health revealed that multiple blood meals by mosquitoes increase malaria transmission potential and shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites.
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Multiple mosquito blood meals can expedite risk of malaria, study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 2 (ANI): A study lead by a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health claimed that multiple bouts of blood-feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmissio
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Kejriwal, Sisodia laud suspended RS MPs for taking up farmers cause
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday lauded Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh and other suspended Rajya Sabha MPs, for "fighting for the farmers, regardless of the heat, mosquitoes and other inconv
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Mosquito-borne viruses linked to stroke
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, suggest the findings of novel research, which was published in the journal The Lancet Neurology.
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Uttarakhand launches anti-dengue campaign
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 19 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday announced a massive campaign against mosquito-borne diseases like dengue that will involve the wide participation of people in the state preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseas
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Gambusia fish to eradicate Rameswaram mosquitoes
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI): The health department in Rameswaram is releasing Gambusia fish in water bodies to combat the menace of mosquito-borne diseases.
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Chicco offers Anti-mosquito Gel and spray for babies and children
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Not only in the summer, but also in the mild months, rarely do we get any respite from being exposed to different mosquitoes and insects.
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