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WE DO HAVE THE PREVALENCE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN OUR REGION EVERY SINGLE YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD 129 HUMAN CASES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 12 FATALITIES. SO IT IS A DISEASE THAT WE’RE SEEING EVERY ...
The $153,700 program will target standing water in wetlands, ditches, and storm drains while testing for multiple mosquito-borne diseases, including the West Nile Virus.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Mosquitoes have been transmitting the West Nile virus to humans in the United States for over 25 years, but we still don’t know precisely how the virus cycles through these pests and ...
The project, based on Ohio data but structured to develop models adaptable to other U.S. regions, is funded by a $3 million grant from the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease program ...
In an evolutionary paradox, one of the world's most ancient predators might meet its match in one of humankind's most modern ...
With a grant award from the American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund, Utah State University ecologist Norah Saarman and her students are using morphology, DNA testing and machine learning ...
Climate change also means many diseases that are transmitted through blood, such as dengue fever, West Nile virus and malaria ...
Severe infection with West Nile virus is a spreading problem worldwide that disproportionately affects those over age 50. And evidence is mounting that when the virus causes sickness, the long ...