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Shedding Light on NTDs: Chikungunya

May 30, 2018 Lauren Goodwin

  Welcome to the first installment of Disease Daily’s Summer Series: “Shedding Light on Neglected Tropical Diseases”. This week, we are looking at chikungunya, an

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Could Genetically Modified Mosquitoes be the Solution?

August 1, 2016 Alejandra Ramirez-Cardenas

On February 2016, in a district of Piracicaba, Brazil, genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes were released in an effort to reduce diseases transmitted by the Aedes

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Vector Control: Our Best Chance in the Fight Against Zika

July 25, 2016 Alejandra Ramirez-Cardenas

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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Outbreaks of 2015 – A Year in Review

December 29, 2015 Emily Cohn

‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2015. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable diseases

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Outbreaks of 2014

December 31, 2014January 25, 2023 Emily Cohn

‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2014. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable diseases

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Virus Crossing Oceans: Chikungunya in the Americas

September 29, 2014January 25, 2023 Tobi Skotnes

While countries in Africa are battling the current Ebola outbreak, the Western Hemisphere is battling a chikungunya outbreak that has reached record numbers: 700,000 suspected cases

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Virus Crossing Oceans: Chikungunya in the Americas

September 29, 2014January 25, 2023 Tobi Skotnes

While countries in Africa are battling the current Ebola outbreak, the Western Hemisphere is battling a chikungunya outbreak that has reached record numbers: 700,000 suspected cases

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Update on Chikungunya in the Americas

June 18, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral illness found for the first time in the Americas in December last year, has been spreading throughout Caribbean territories and continues

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Infectious Diseases and the World Cup

June 16, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

Over 600,000 people are expected to be traveling from around the world to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which began on June 12 in

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Outbreaks of 2013

December 20, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2013. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable outbreaks.

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