Aedes aegypti in the Americas Latin America is currently fighting to prevent the diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito: Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya. There
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The Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported 746,000 registered cases of Dengue fever and 229 confirmed deaths since January 2015 [1,3]. This marks a
In an article published in Nature Communications in January of 2015, a connection was revealed between the presence of antibiotics in human blood and increased
We’ve covered a lot of diseases over the past few years, but what we haven’t covered much of are the vectors that carry them. A
On June 20 we celebrated the summer solstice, marking the beginning of summer and the favorite season of both outdoor enthusiasts and, unfortunately, ticks.