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Zika spread from Uganda, Nigeria into most of Latin America, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam, and India according to CDC’s world map of areas with risk of Zika. The United States is also at risk for Zika, from the gulf coast of Texas to Florida. Zika is most commonly found in areas where the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopticus mosquitos are found. According to John Cohen from sciencemag.org these main vector mosquitoes only thrive in areas where the temperature is between 25 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees

After viewing a couple of pictures of people infected with elephantiasis it makes me thankful to live in a country where we mostly do not have this problem. The name is appropriate because people who have this disease in like there foot or leg makes them look like they have elephant feet. Elephantiasis is a neglected tropical disease. Infection occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. The mosquito grows into a adult worm and the worm lives in the lymphatic

Zika Virus A new outbreak in Zika is impacting the whole world; “In 1952,the first cases of Zika virus were detected” (“About Zika Virus Disease”). The first human case was detected in 1952, but it was discovered five years earlier; in 1947. The cases were first detected in Uganda and the united republic of tanzania. The virus was named after the ZIka forest in Uganda. This virus is spread by a mosquito bite; transmitted by mosquitoes.The Zika virus has many symptoms, no vaccines, and causes birth

The Florida Keys is facing a crisis in the growth of deadly mosquito populations who pose a threat to its Tourists and residents. The species Aedes aegypti is an invasive species in the Florida Keys that carries Dengue Fever and Chikungunya and spreads these diseases to humans by biting them (Oxitec, “United States”). Dengue fever and Chikungunya are potentially fatal, viral ailments that have no present day treatment apart from treating patient’s symptoms (Oxitec, “United States”). According to

The Panamá Canal is a man-made 48-mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. The idea of creating a water passage across the famous isthmus of Panama to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans dates back to at least the 1500s to 1600s , when Charles the king of spain t tapped his regional governor to survey a route along the Chagres River. This route at the time seemed

In the comparison of the types of two-species interactions, Predation and Parasitism are the most similar by far, since both of them have a +/- interaction pattern, where one part benefits and one is taken from. Examples of Predation would be a fox hunting a rabbit, as the fox benefits by gaining food and the rabbit is disadvantaged by dying, or being seriously/ fatally injured; another example would be a cheetah hunting an antelope in the same respects of the fox and the rabbit. Good examples of

Sand flies (Diptera: Nematocera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) are a medically important group of insects in Tropical and Sub-tropical regions of the World (Rodani, 1840). They are small hairy yellow or gray colored insects 1.5-4mm in length (Robert, 1994).There are three features that make sand flies easy to recognize: “when at rest, they characteristically hold their wings at an angle above the abdomen; they are hairy; and they typically hop around on the host before settling down to bite (Killick-Kendrick

The Zika virus has recently arrived in the United States. Spread by the Aedes species of mosquitoes, this virus can cause birth defects in pregnant women. The mosquito that spreads the virus bites aggressively in the daytime, so individuals are at risk at any time of the day. Once infected, individuals may develop flu-like symptoms and can pass the virus on to someone else. How Is Zika Spread? While it can be spread sexually, Zika is spread primarily through mosquitoes. Once a mosquito bites

I will be talking about how Malaria affects people and how Sickle cell disease affects people. Also I will talk about how Sickle cell disease came around and how Malaria is transferred.The first account of malaria in Africa was in the 1880s by a French army surgeon who saw parasites in the blood of people. Malaria arose by people living in the low swamp lands of Africa. These grounds are breeding grounds for Mosquitoes that carry the parasite that causes the disease Malaria. Malaria is a parasite

Bilharzia is a disease caused by freshwater parasitic worms called flukes in certain tropical and subtropical countries. The fresh water becomes contaminated by infected animal or human urine or feces. The parasite goes in through the skin and enters the bloodstream and moves to the liver, intestine, and other organs. It is the third most devastating tropical disease in the world. More than 207 people, 85% of who live in Africa are infected and an estimated 700 million people are at risk of infection