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Travel Diseases: Central & South America There are more than a few diseases that can turn your dream vacation to Central or South America into a nightmare -- so here are a few "ounces of prevention." |
Geotimes
May 2005
Jeffrey Shaman |
Malaria Mapping and Prevention Today, scientists from various fields, including the geosciences, are contributing to the fight against malaria and other infectious diseases. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2003 |
Preventing Malaria When You Travel What is malaria? Who gets it?... How is malaria transmitted?... Who is at risk for malaria?... How can I tell if I have malaria?... Can I do anything to keep from getting malaria?... What should I do if I think I have malaria?... etc. |
IDB America
November 2002
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A plague returns Once nearly defeated, the mosquito-borne dengue epidemic has returned with a vengeance to Latin America and the Caribbean. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2003
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Fever in the Returned Traveler With the rising popularity of international travel to exotic locations, family physicians are encountering more febrile patients who recently have visited tropical countries. |
AskMen.com
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Travel Diseases: Africa The allure of a safari through the Serengeti or a trek up Kilimanjaro may inspire you to strike out for the heart of Africa, but before you go there are a few things you should know: like, the huge continent is teeming with bug-borne, water-borne and human-borne diseases. |
Salon.com
December 15, 2000
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Warming to malaria With fears mounting that global climate change may cause the dreaded disease to spread, scientists turn their attention to vaccine research... |
TIME Asia
October 4, 2010
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Let the Games Not Begin Before the Commonwealth Games have even begun, India has gone through an unusually frank display of public soul-searching about its failure to live up to its own hype. |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2013
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Nanoparticles stop mosquitoes breeding A simple synthesis for environmentally benign carbon nanoparticles that could be used to control mosquito populations has been demonstrated by scientists in India. The transmission of diseases by mosquitoes is estimated to be responsible for 2 million deaths every year. |
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September 2006
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Itchy For more than 100 years, a swat team of brilliant scientists, pest-control shock troops, and eggheads with bizarre schemes have been waging a global war against mosquitoes. Why are the pests still winning? |
American Family Physician
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Prevention of Malaria in Travelers As travel to tropical locations increases, U.S. physicians are being asked more frequently to provide recommendations for malaria prevention. An organized approach to reducing the risk of acquiring this disease is necessary. |
Chemistry World
July 8, 2008
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Yellow Fever Mosquito Takes Chemical Cues From Bacteria Bacterial chemicals that encourage female mosquitoes to lay eggs could help to stem the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and yellow fever, according to US scientists. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Megan Sever |
Warming Linked to Disease Outbreaks With the average global temperatures predicted to rise between 1.4 and 5.8 degrees Celsius by 2100, climate scientists, physicians and others are warning of a possible increase in heat-related deaths and disease outbreaks. |
Salon.com
August 20, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
Blood lust The coauthor of a new book on mosquitoes talks about who they bite, where they lurk and how they've killed over a billion human beings... |
Popular Mechanics
January 8, 2010
Erin McCarthy |
How to Stop a Daybreakers-Style Vampire Epidemic As far-fetched as the "disease" may be, there are certain steps doctors, scientists and officials always take when analyzing an outbreak. |
National Gardening
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Protect Yourself from Summer's Insect Pests Sure, the list of illnesses carried by summer's insect pests is daunting. But the nuisance factor alone of ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas warrants finding ways to repel them. Here are a few helpful suggestions. |
Chemistry World
December 21, 2015
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Mexico approves world's first dengue vaccine Dengvaxia from Sanofi's vaccines division, Sanofi Pasteur, protects against all four dengue virus serotypes and will be aimed at residents in endemic areas aged nine to 45. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Einhorn & Kripalani |
Wanted: New Weapons Against An Old Killer Many of the new malaria medicines are in early stages of development. But with tsunami-hit countries receiving billions in aid there may finally be both the will and the means to tackle one of the world's most dangerous diseases. |
Salon.com
May 25, 2001
Chris Colin |
Show me the monkey! India's menacing monkey-man has New Delhi in hysterics and the rest of the world in stitches. What's more, the birth of the terrifying beast was inevitable... |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Nandini Lakshman |
The Miracle-Worker of the Delhi Metro How an uncommon bureaucrat personally secured foreign funding and the cooperation of government agencies to build the Indian city's subway system. |
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The Upside Of Malaria New research is attempting the first live vaccine to fight malaria. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2015
Jon Cartwright |
Electrostatic net kills resistant mosquitoes A mosquito net that binds insecticides with electrostatic forces could be a significant step towards eradicating tropical diseases like malaria and dengue, according to the researchers who have developed it. |
Chemistry World
September 10, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Mosquito repellents from skin secretions Those plagued by mosquitoes may one day be able to ditch the DEET in favour of substances naturally produced by skin, according to researchers at the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. |
Global Services
January 28, 2008 |
India's Two Worlds There are two different faces of India one that is healthy, educated and technically sound and the other which is quite the opposite. |
Chemistry World
February 17, 2015
Vicki Davison |
Silver lining for paper Ebola test Researchers in the US have developed a silver nanoparticle-based paper test to simultaneously detect dengue, yellow fever and Ebola. |
Chemistry World
May 1, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Wellcome Trust announces new head Jeremy Farrar, professor of Tropical Medicine and Global Health at Oxford University, has been named as the next director of the Wellcome Trust. |
