Aedes aegypti

The Country’s Overview Philippines is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia near the equator. The Philippine archipelago consists of 7,107 islands divided into three major groups of islands which is Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. As of 2016 the Philippine population is estimated to about 102,624,209 (World Fact Book). The Philippine nationality is termed Filipino and its population is made up of various ethnic groups. The national language is called Tagalog, it also the name of the major ethnic

Geraldson D’Haiti Doctor Susan McLaughlin BI 201 March 22,2017 Viral Manipulation of Cell Death (Zakeri’s Cell Death Lab) The cells of a multicellular organism are members of a highly-organized community. The number of cells in this community is regulated, not by controlling the rate of cell division, but also by controlling the rate of cell death. If cells are no longer needed, they commit suicide by activating an intracellular death program. This process is therefore called programmed

monkeys located in the Zika Forest of Uganda. These monkeys were displaying signs of fever and served as a sentinel animal for the surveillance of Yellow Fever Virus (YFV). Approximately nine months later, ZIKV was isolated in the same region from the Aedes africanus mosquito species (Seitz, 2016). ZIKV primarily infected monkeys in an enzootic mosquito-monkey-mosquito cycle, with only occasional transmission to humans. In 1952, ZIKV was first reported in humans, but remained confined to Uganda and

Without any single powerful sickness control system, much investment has been controlled at the utilization of gene drive components to spread against pathogen qualities through mosquito populaces. Here, they break down the likelihood that transgenic DNA comprising of a hostile to pathogen gene and drive system is lost from a mosquito populace taking after an unplanned discharge. Any transgenic mosquito undertaking is required to include a few phases of testing—first in the research facility, then

You woke up a week ago feeling odd. You were not sure what was wrong, but your body was full of aches, you felt hot to the touch, and you kept vomiting. Your mother told you to lay down and rest, hoping it was just a cold. After a few days, you began to feel better, well enough that you wanted to return to the river to watch the trade ships come in. Now, unfortunately, your symptoms have come back with a vengeance – your fever is back along with intense abdominal pain, your mouth is bleeding without

Philadelphia thought. The actual cause of the fever would not be known until the nineteenth century. The United States’ invasion of Cuba would lead to the discovery of the cause. A man named Walter Reed discovered that the virus was caused by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the year 1900. It would not be until 1930 with the work of a man named Max Theiler that a vaccine would be developed. This thesis is a deviation from the historiography of the epidemic. It does not examine the epidemic as a battle

All these numbers are small in comparison with the deadliest creature in the world. According to World Health Organization, this creature is responsible for killing more than 1 million people every year. It is estimated that this creature kills one child every 30 seconds. The deadly bite of this creature can cause a myriad of diseases. It can cause encephalitis, filariasis, yellow fever, West Nile Virus, Chikungunya virus, Zika virus, malaria, and dengue fever. By now, you should know which deadly

Aedes mosquitos are dangerous invasive species and disease vectors who originally came from Asian tropical territories. Due to the global change of the climate, it became possible for Aedes mosquitos to habitat in many suitable for them territories (1). Aedes albopictus is one of the 2, which had adjusted to most of the places in the world with warm enough climate to survive. The major reason that this species has massively invaded worldwide, is due to their plasticity (2). Another threatening species

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT Aedes albopictus is considered to be the most invasive mosquito species in the world (1, 2) and there is an increased potential for its introduction into mainland Australia given the established populations discovered, since 2005, in the Torres Strait, the region that sandwiches between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and northern Australia (3). The aedine mosquito species have been culpably involved in the transmission cycles of pathogens of public health importance (1). Aedes albopictus is

Preventing an outbreak of Zika in Mississippi Throughout the Caribbean, Central, and South America there has been health crisis that’s has been affecting the youngest generation of these developing countries. Thousands of babies have been born with a birth defect known as microencephaly. This birth defect can cause horrible problems such as seizures, mental retardation, developmental delays, short stature and difficulties with coordination and balance. (Centers for Disease Control 2017) This birth