Dengue Virus News Gathered from News-Medical.Net
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World Malaria Day 2022: How the knockdown of P. falciparum RAP01 and RAP21 proteins could lead to novel antimalarial therapeutics
Apr 25, 2022 | 13:08 pmAs part of World Malaria Day 2022, we interview Karine Le Roch PH.D., about her latest research into how novel antimalarial therapeutic strategies could be on the horizon, after identifying two proteins that are critical to the survival of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
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Sri Lanka’s healthcare system heavily affected by the current economic crisis
Apr 22, 2022 | 18:58 pmSri Lanka's acute economic crisis has begun to tell on its health care system with critical medicines running out for want of hard currency to import supplies, experts say.
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$1.4 million grant bolsters UC San Diego scientists' efforts to fight malaria spread
Mar 30, 2022 | 21:56 pmScientists at the University of California San Diego are hard at work on new genetic technologies intended for use in curbing mosquito populations, fighting the spread of malaria and mitigating the hazards associated with the deployment of gene-editing systems in the wild.
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Certain flavonoids inhibit an enzyme involved in the formation of key hormone in yellow fever mosquito
Feb 18, 2022 | 03:24 amWhen most people think of flavonoids, natural compounds found in plants and other organisms, their nutritional benefits probably come to mind first.
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Evidence antibodies targeting HCoV-OC43 are robustly boosted in response to SARS-CoV-2 but not vaccination
Nov 2, 2021 | 01:28 amThe magnitude of cross-reactive antibodies correlated well with responses to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and the S2 subdomain.
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New precision-guided sterile insect technique designed to control disease-spreading mosquitoes
Sep 12, 2021 | 01:43 amLeveraging advancements in CRISPR-based genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a new system that restrains populations of mosquitoes that infect millions each year with debilitating diseases.
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Researchers use gene editing to render male mosquitoes infertile and slow disease spread
Aug 24, 2021 | 04:12 amMosquitos spread viruses that cause potentially deadly diseases such as Zika, dengue fever and yellow fever. New U.S. Army-funded research uses gene editing to render certain male mosquitoes infertile and slow the spread of these diseases.
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Quick, inexpensive leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower death and disability risk
Aug 15, 2021 | 04:11 amThe Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University has brought out a quick, inexpensive, and easy-to-use leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower the risk of disability from internal organ failure and death, with the hopes of distributing them to community hospitals across the country.
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Higher temperatures could limit the spread of dengue infection
Jul 28, 2021 | 02:46 amInfection with dengue virus makes mosquitoes more sensitive to warmer temperatures, according to new research led by Penn State researchers.
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Mapping dengue fever hot spots can predict future outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya
Jul 8, 2021 | 03:25 amData from nine cities in Mexico confirms that identifying dengue fever “hot spots” can provide a predictive map for future outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya. All three of these viral diseases are spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
