Walking in the Woods – Lyme Disease
I remember enjoying my walks in the woods in Manitoba, Canada, and never being too concerned about anything, maybe a turned-over tree, wet spots, or some bugs, but nothing serious. Lately, however, for the…
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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever – An Up “Tick” in 2023
What is CCHF? Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus belonging to the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae (Kuehnert, 2021). The disease was first described in the 1940s during an outbreak among Soviet military recruits…
Would you Tune in to Mosquito Week?
What living thing is most dangerous to humans? Sorry Shark Week, it is not the Great White Shark; it is the mosquito! In fact, “mosquitoes kill more humans worldwide in five minutes than sharks…
Drug Resistant Malaria: Are Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes the Answer?
Malaria is a deadly disease caused by parasites that mosquitoes transmit. It is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Effective chemical and pharmaceutical methods to control malaria do exist, however, in…
Zika Cases Confirmed in North America: Time to Panic?
Updated: Tuesday February 2, 2016 Abstract: Background: Vector-borne diseases are defined primarily by how they are spread. While many insects and arachnids can spread a diverse variety of microbes (bacteria, virus, protozoa, etc.), the…
Zika Primer: What is Zika Virus Fever?
The Pan American Health Organization has recently published an Epidemiological Alert (December 3, 2015) for Zika virus and its correlation to more serious neurological and autoimmune diseases. Zika virus is a tropical, mosquito-borne illness…
Malaria, Mosquitoes and Man: Prevention & Control
Malaria is not considered as a serious and life threatening illness among many Nigerians. The disease can be very serious in children, pregnant women and in sickle cell disease patients. It is a common…
Gross Bugs with a Cute Name Moving North: Kissing Bugs & Chagas Disease
Updated: Thursday November 26, 2015 : 10:43 EST Abstract: There has been a recent surge in news related to Chagas Disease and the Kissing Bug, most referring to recent reports by the CDC. CDC…
Four lesser known facts about Dengue
Like many tropical countries, India witnesses a cyclical spike in the number of Dengue cases every 4-5 years1. The current year has been one of the worst. More than 14,000 people have suffered from…
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