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New system of dengue lineages will help identify and track variants

Ashwini Sakharkar

It will allow researchers worldwide to better track new variants of dengue virus and create new vaccines.

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New nematode viruses might change disease theories

Dr. Prajakta Banik

New research reveals that parasitic nematodes infect over a billion people worldwide and carry viruses explain why it cause serious diseases.

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Health

Mosquitoes use body heat to sense humans

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A mosquito bite is usually a minor nuisance, it can be serious in many places, Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads diseases like dengue.

Health

Researchers discover flavivirus spread mechanism

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Effective treatments for Flaviviridae viruses, like dengue, are needed since no specific medications are available.

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Targeting mosquito hearing with insecticides

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Insecticide target: Modulating malaria mosquito hearing.

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Robotics

Robotic vehicles are used to fight against mosquitos carrying dengue

PLOS

Effectiveness of using automatic vehicles to monitor sewers for Aedes mosquitos and carry out eradication.

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Health

Climate change could drive more Zika and dengue epidemics and longer transmission seasons

Pranjal Malewar

Examining how newly emerging diseases will be impacted by specific future climate change scenarios.

Our immune system can fight against multiple viruses, study
Health

Our immune system can fight against multiple viruses, study

Pranjal Malewar

Disease severity and outcome result from individual differences that define immune status and contribute to responses to infection. A study based on blood samples...

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