Dengue fever ‘hits’ Lahore
After unleashing a killing spree last year, dengue has reappeared in the city with 59 fresh cases reported at different hospitals of the provincial capital during the last two months. As many as 59 fresh
After unleashing a killing spree last year, dengue has reappeared in the city with 59 fresh cases reported at different hospitals of the provincial capital during the last two months. As many as 59 fresh
BHUBANESWAR: In spite of the City Health Office (CHO) under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) round-the-clock efforts to combat mosquito menace, there has been no significant decrease in the mosquito
Brazilian Health Minister Alexandre Padilla on Thursday warned that Rio de Janeiro faced a major dengue epidemic, although he said the virus strain prevalent was not fatal. "I believe that Rio could
Dengue dynamics are driven by complex interactions between human-hosts, mosquito-vectors and viruses that are influenced by environmental and climatic factors. The objectives of this study were to analyze
Insects are the pre-eminent form of metazoan life on land, with as many as 1018 individuals alive at any one instant and over three-quarters of a million species described. Although it is estimated that
Questions have been raised about the transparency and scientific quality of regulatory processes applied in the first open field releases of genetically modified (GM) insects, and there is concern that
A multinational, prospective clinical study was carried out in South-East Asia (SEA) and Latin America (LA), to ascertain the proportion of inapparent dengue infections in households of febrile dengue
Corporation cites environmental, topographical reasons A team of Corporation and Suchitwa Mission officials visited a government site near Palode here on Thursday as part of conducting a feasibility
Lahore—Secretary Health, Punjab, Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan has directed the concerned officers to complete first round of larviciding by 25th January 2012 in the risky areas of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala,
LAHORE – The ruthless dengue virus killed yet another patient in the City at peak winter on Wednesday, taking the overall death toll till today to 377. Muhammad Shehzad (42), a resident of Mansoora, lost
Cases of dengue-chikungunya co-infection are on the rise, causing concern to health planners and doctors. About three per cent of dengue-chikungunya cases fall under the co-infection category, with the
BHUBANESWAR: The year has been as challenging as it could be on the health front with public health concerns coupled with a belligerent medical workforce keeping the Government and the Health Department
Previous studies on the influence of weather on Aedes aegypti dynamics in Puerto Rico suggested that rainfall was a significant driver of immature mosquito populations and dengue incidence, but mostly
The highest number of dengue cases in the country, from January to December, has been reported from the Western Province. Health Ministry sources said that 72 percent of the dengue cases were reported
If you have been coughing, wheezing, finding it difficult to breathe and overall feeling rather blue during this change of season, blame it on the low wind speed and high levels of particulate matter being
Personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in Naxal-affected areas are facing a threat as grave as bullets — mosquitoes. In the past 10 months — January to October — at least 17 CRPF
At least six dengue patients were found in different VDCs in Nawalparasi district this year, confirmed the District Public Health Office, Nawalparasi, RSS reports. The dengue patients were found in the
LAHORE – The toll from the deadly dengue reached in the City to 366 as the virus killed one more patient on Sunday. Besides, the ruthless disease forced dozens of Lahorites to approach hospitals for preliminary
All the villages and tribal hamlets of Warangal, Karimnagar, Khammam, Adilabad and neighbouring districts have been affected by viral outbreaks, with hospitals of various regions being flooded with patients
<p>Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) and Aedes albopictus Skuse mosquitoes transmit serious human arboviral diseases including yellow fever, dengue and chikungunya in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. Females