Chikungunya Introduction Chikungunya is a drastic viral disease which was discovered recently. It is an infection caused by mosquito bites from A. aegypti and A. albopictus which belongs to Aedes genus. This virus is classified in to 4th Group of ssRNA in unassigned order. It belongs to the family of Togaviridae and genus is Alphavirus. The species of this type is named as the Chikungunya virus. Their symptoms are fever with severe joint pains. There is no vaccine developed for Chikungunya. This
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1881‚ 1901‚ and 1939 XWhy: It was researched because so many people were infected who were coming to America‚ and so many people were getting infected by the virus who lived near the port. XHow: It was researched with the Aedes Aegypti mosquito and studied the people who were infected by the virus. oDiscovered XWhen: From 1793 to 1822 XWhere: In port cities of the United States. oMajor Doctors associated with XDr. Benjamin
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products containing high concentrations of DEET.[16] Research has also found that neem oil is mosquito repellent for up to 12 hours.[12] Citronella oil’s mosquito repellency has also been verified by research‚[17] including effectiveness in repelling Aedes aegypti‚[18][19] but requires reapplication after 30 to 60
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variety of scales. Transgenic vector mosquitoes are no different because of the many bio ethical factors involved. Health‚ environmental and chemical are just a few of the well documented concerns surrounding GMO research. While genetically modifying Aedes mosquitoes scientists have been able to reduce dengue disease but are there medical breakthroughs in disease control for outbreaks such as the West Nile or Chikungunya viruses? Decreasing instances of infection would be tremendous but at what cost
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The Zika virus can be contracted by being bitten by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Puerto Rico being an island where is warm all year round makes the perfect breeding environment for this mosquito. At least 117 people have tested positive for the Zika virus in Puerto Rico and five of them are pregnant women. The Zika virus in Puerto Rico‚ how did it get there? Is the population in Puerto Rico able to fight this epidemic? How can the people in the island protect themselves from acquiring this virus?
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Throughout time medical technology and knowledge of the various insects and mammals which we share this earth with has continuously evolved‚ allowing us to discover more families and species of arthropods and also their importance to both human and veterinary life. Within these discoveries entomologist have learned of the vectors and different ways of transmission from parasites to their host. For those of the parasites that are arthropods some of them have a medical importance and some don’t; but
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is why‚ given random mutation and other methods of spreading disease‚ did mosquito-carrying disease not make their presence known to the native Americans earlier. As the book mentions‚ the Caribbean and tropics were perfect breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti‚ which carried yellow fever. Why then‚ did this disease not emerge from either genetic mutation or from another host-to-human
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Objectives: * Reduce incidence from 32 cases/100‚000 population to 20 cases/100‚000 population; * Reduce case fatality rate by <1%; and * Detect and contain all epidemics. Risk Reduction Objectives: * Reduce the risk of human exposure to aedes bite by House index of <5 and Breteau index of 20; * Increase % of HH practicing removal of mosquito breeding places to 80%; and * Increase awareness on DF/DHF to 100%. Services & Protection Objectives: * Establish a Dengue Reference
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(b) pneumonia (c) dysentery (d) plague 7. Which of the following microbes causes swine flu? (a) bacteria (b) fungi (c) virus (d) protozoa 8. Which of the following mosquito spreads malaria? (a)Aedes mosquito (b) Anopheles mosquito (c) Culex mosquito (d) none of these Venkateshwar international school VIS–10‚ DWARKA‚ NEW DELHI VIS–10‚ DWARKA‚ NEW DELHI Venkateshwar international school |
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University of the Philippines Integrated School Katipunan Ave.‚ Diliman‚ Q.C. Investigative Laboratory 9 Mosqui-Rellent Discovering the truth in mosquito-repellent light bulbs Submitted by: Justin Frederick Madjus Mikaela Elzbette Neri Ian Gilbert Villanueva Submitted to: Ms. Zenaida Bojo April 2‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract .....................................................................................................................................3 Introduction………………………………………………………
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