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Mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus found near Netanya
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ministry of Health reported that, as part of a routine monitoring operation, mosquitoes were caught that were diagnosed as carriers of the West Nile virus. The carrier mosquitoes were caught in the green basins in Bat Hefer, located in the Em
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Italy records 10th death due to West Nile virus
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The death toll from the West Nile virus in Italy since the beginning of the year rose to ten after a 93-year-old woman died at the Spallanzani Institute in Rome.
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Ex-director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antho
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, US, Dr. Anthony Fauci is recovering well after hospitalisation for the West Nile virus, reported CNN.
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Israeli West Nile Virus Cases Rise to 710
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Since the current outbreak began in June, 46 people diagnosed with the virus have died, the ministry added
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West Nile fever: Kerala on alert, health department orders to ramp up pre-
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In the wake of West Nile fever reported in three districts of Kerala--Malappuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur, the State Health Department has issued an alert and instructed the authorities to ramp up pre-monsoon cleaning activities.
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US: Officials call for precaution as first death due to West Nile Virus re
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The New Jersey Departments of Health and Environmental Protection has urged residents to take precautions after the state reported the first death of the year due to West Nile virus, the New York Post reported.
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Israel: Arava region hit by west Nile virus-infected mosquitoes
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health of Israel announced that 90 female mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus were caught along the axis in the south of the Arava.
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Study finds potential solution for bacterial infection
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study, a vaccine originally developed to prevent bacteria-caused diarrhoea has now been found to help infant nonhuman primates grow faster and will treat bacterial infections.
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Mosquitoes with West Nile virus detected in Israel
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Every season, the pest and extermination team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection carries out hundreds of captures and thousands of monitoring of mosquito larvae. The mosquitoes are transferred to the Ministry of Health laboratories for testing.
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Light pollution might extend mosquitoes' biting season: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The discovery of a recent study that metropolitan light pollution may disturb the winter dormancy phase for mosquitos that transmit the West Nile virus could be considered both good and bad news.
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FNDR and DevsHealth announce a collaboration to discover and develop affor
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India]/ Barcelona [Spain], March 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR) and DevsHealth have announced the start of a collaborative project to develop new broad-spectrum antiviral agents for infections caused by flaviviruses such as dengue
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Man succumbs to West Nile fever in Kerala's Thrissur, State Health Ministe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 30 (ANI): Hours after Kerala on Sunday reported the death of a person due to West Nile fever, Kerala Health minister Veena George said that controlling the growth of mosquitoes and carrying out source destruction are essential to prevent this illness.
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