Category: Mosquito Bourne Diseases
Infecting Pharaohs 4,000 years ago, Egypt Has Finally Been Declared Malaria-Free
Good News Network Egypt, one of the world’s 15 most populous nations, has been certified malaria-free after a ‘pharaonic’ effort that began 100 years ago. Killing nearly 600,000 people every year, almost all of whom dwell in Africa, the malarial transmission chain has been interrupted for three years in a row, proving that the Egyptian […]
Oct 22, 2024
France’s Airports Report Increased Odyssean Malaria Cases
Precision Vaccinations In recent years, there has been an increase in locally acquired malaria cases in Europe related to travelers returning from Africa, which shoulders the heaviest burden (90%+) of malaria disease reported. In 2022, over 99% of Europe’s 6,131 malaria cases (mean age 37.9 yrs) were travel-related. To guide control measures, researchers analyzed two decades […]
Oct 15, 2024
Second EEE death confirmed in N.H.
Boston.com EEE, which is spread through mosquitoes, is rare but dangerous. Two New Hampshire residents have died this year. Public health officials in New Hampshire recently confirmed that a second resident of the state died after testing positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The person was only publicly identified as an adult from Danville. They were […]
Oct 8, 2024
Anthony Fauci: A Mosquito in My Backyard Made Me the Sickest I’ve Ever Been
NYT/Opinion After I spent more than 50 years chasing and fighting viruses, one fought back and nearly took me down. I speak of the West Nile virus, delivered by the deadliest animal on the planet: the mosquito. I got infected not during any of my international trips over the years but most likely while I […]
Oct 8, 2024
‘Highly aggressive’ day-biting mosquitoes found in Santa Clara
Santa Clara News A “highly aggressive” mosquito species that feeds “almost exclusively on humans” was detected in Santa Clara, county officials warned on Monday. The county’s Vector Control District found Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a residential area of the City of Santa Clara. The district identified 58 mosquitoes surrounding Agate Drive and Moraine Drive. Aedes aegypti […]
Oct 2, 2024
California faces ‘unprecedented’ local spread of dengue fever, possibly driven by climate change
The HIll California last week clocked its fourth case of locally transmitted dengue fever this year — an alarming rise in a sometimes-deadly disease that experts fear could be fueled by climate change. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the newest incidence of the mosquito-borne illness in a resident of Panorama City, a neighborhood in […]
Oct 2, 2024
First northern dengue cases detected in New Taipei
Taipei Times This year’s first cluster of dengue fever cases in northern Taiwan was detected in New Taipei City, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported yesterday, adding that the number of enterovirus cases continued to increase, with the epidemic period likely to extend into November. CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Guo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said […]
Sep 25, 2024
New York Resident Dies of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Infection
New York Times The first person to be diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalitis in New York in nearly a decade has died, prompting Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare the rare, mosquito-borne viral illness an imminent public health threat on Monday. Ms. Hochul announced the death, in Ulster County, in a news release outlining the steps that state officials are […]
Sep 24, 2024
Locally Acquired Dengue Case Confirmed in California
Medscape A case of locally acquired dengue fever has been confirmed in a resident of Baldwin Park, California, according to a press release from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. This locally acquired case of dengue is the third to be reported in California and the first to be reported by the Los Angeles County […]
Sep 18, 2024