NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As cases of dengue fever make their way into the southern United States, with sometimes-fatal results, a new study in Indonesia offers evidence of an effective way to block the spread of the mosquito-borne infection. The technique infects mosquitoes with a bacterium known as the wMel strain of Wolbachia pipientis.
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. In a surprising study from the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian scientists found that symptomatic COVID-19 infections were twice as likely to occur in people who had prior dengue. The study, led by Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, MD, PhD, of Brazil’s University of São
In its final report on the E-2020 initiative, the World Health Organization (WHO) touted its progress on its goal of eliminating malaria throughout the world. But critics are charging that progress has stalled. The E-2020 initiative supported the efforts of twenty-one countries in eliminating malaria. In a remarkable achievement, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, eight
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