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New evidence finds mosquitoes could infect humans with Zika and chikungunya viruses at the same time
New evidence finds mosquitoes could infect humans with Zika and chikungunya viruses at the same time
ATLANTA (Nov. 14, 2016) -- Mosquitoes are capable of carrying Zika and chikungunya viruses simultaneously and can secrete enough in their saliva to potentially infect humans with both viruses in a single bite, according to new research presented today at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).The work by scientists from Colorado State University is one of several new Zika-related studies being presented at the world's largest gathering of tropical medicine experts, including probing the implications of having three mosquito-borne viruses -- dengue, Zika and chikungunya -- circulating in the Americas and parts of Asia at the same time.They include a new study from researchers in northeastern Brazil who documented an intriguing -- and troubling -- mix of neurological problems in patients treated during a rare and unprecedented outbreak of all three diseases in 2015.
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You could get both Zika and chikungunya from one stupid mosquito bite
You could get both Zika and chikungunya from one stupid mosquito bite
Most people hate mosquitoes, and who could blame them?At best, we associate mosquitoes with itchy red bites.They also happen to be our most deadly animal adversary: 400,000 people died of malaria alone in 2015, which was a huge improvement from death tolls in recent years.
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How gene editing could stop insect-borne diseases like Zika
How gene editing could stop insect-borne diseases like Zika
[W]hat if there were no mosquitoes?That is the idea behind the work of the company Oxitec.They have engineered a mosquito that leads to a decrease in the Aedes aegypti mosquito population.
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