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    illustrates that without one corner‚ the transmission of the disease would not be possible. This triangle includes hosts‚ environments/vectors‚ and pathogens. Hosts are often humans‚ dogs‚ or monkeys and are fed on by a vector. Vectors usually include mosquitos‚ fleas‚ ticks‚ mites‚ and many more. The last part of the triangle is pathogens‚ these consist of viruses‚ bacteria‚ fungus‚ filarial worms‚ and protozoa. For a disease to be contracted‚ there also has to be a pathogen to effect the vector. Many

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    Dengue Fever

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    Dengue fever‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness. There are four different viruses that can cause denguefever‚ all of which spread by a certain type of mosquito. Dengue can vary from mild to severe; the more severe forms include dengue shock syndrome and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Patients who develop the more serious forms of dengue fever usually need to be hospitalized.  There are currently no vaccines for Dengue fever. The

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    Investigatory Project

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    CHILI PEPPER AND KAMIAS AS MOSQUITO REPELLENT Investigatory Project 2014 - 2015 Submitted by: BANZON‚ REXEL JOHN M. MORALES‚ ARNE JOSEPHUS L. LEGASPI‚ VIA JANE MARIE N. SAGARINO‚ SHYROSE MAY B. TAPAYAN‚ ANTHONY JANE B. TOLEDO‚ CHERRY MAE M. Submitted to: MISS NEMEA MAE F. COSIDO Instructress ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Miss Nemea Mae Flores Cosido for giving us the chance to show our best in this Investigatory Project and for guiding us while we were conducting

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    Facts About Yellow Fever

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    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 Rush‚

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    A Science Investigatory Project submitted in fulfillment of the requirements in Research I-B S.Y. 2010-2010 Abstract Dengue fever has always been a problem to everyone and it is not advisable to always use pesticide to control the mosquito-causing dengue since it will cause harm to one’s health and our environment. So this study was conducted to determine was conducted to determine the effect of aromatic plants namely pandan and lemon grass as water-based crude extracts on the normal

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    Dengue Fever

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    Dengue fever Dengue fever is a virus-based disease spread by mosquitoes. Dengue fever is caused by one of four different but related viruses. It is spread by the bite of mosquitoes‚ most commonly the mosquito Aedesaegypti‚ which is found in tropic and subtropic regions. This includes parts of: * Indonesian archipelago into northeastern Australia * South and Central America * Southeast Asia * Sub-Saharan Africa Dengue fever is being seen more in world travelers. Dengue fever

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    SASASASASA

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    Mosquito Repellant Plants “Hi Dr. Kris Do you know of any organic methods for reducing mosquitoes in my garden? I know that I can fumigate the whole garden but are there any other natural alternatives to reduce or deter mosquitoes from my garden‚ rather than resorting to poisoning the air with harmful chemicals? Any advice appreciated‚ thanks. Pete‚ Sanur” The best way to begin to reduce mosquitoes in and around your garden is to reduce their habitat and breeding sites. Mosquitoes typically

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    epidemic cases have taken place in Europe‚ the Americas and Europe since the 17th century. It was deemed as the most common dangerous disease in the 19th century. A virus carried by a mosquito causes Yellow Fever. The person can catch the virus by getting bitten by a mosquito that is infected with the virus. If the mosquito infects a person‚ it would typically show the symptoms within 3 to 6 days later. For example‚ to be sure if you

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    Garlic for Mosquitoes

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    even insect-repellent properties. Given the recent surge of the West Nile virus spread by infected mosquitoes‚ it is interesting to explore the value of garlic as one more method for avoiding mosquito bites. A number of studies have shown that the oil fraction of garlic destroys certain species of mosquito larvae. Garlic sprays (made primarily with garlic extract) are available on the market for use on plants as an alternative botanical pesticide to chemical pesticides. The sulfurs contained within

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