Spain has reported this year's first death due to the West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne infection, officials said. Spanish TV network Telecinco said in a report on Friday that the victim, a 77-year-old man from the town of La Puebla del Rio, died on Thursday night
Over 750 million genetically modified mosquitos will be released in Florida Keys in the next two years. According to the reports, the plan has been approved from the US authorities on Tuesday.
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that the novel coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be transmitted to people by mosquitoes, a finding that adds evidence to WHO's claim that the disease is not mosquito-borne.
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Baby Doll singer Kanika Kapoor has yet again been tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. The hospital official rubbished her claim of her room having dust and mosquitoes.
Researchers conducted a study on the interaction of the malaria parasite with the human red blood cells, the study was aimed at shedding more light on this complex interplay.
In a first, researchers have shown that proteins in the legs of malaria carrying mosquitoes help them develop resistant to insecticides, an advance that may lead to new strategies against the disease which kills nearly 4,00,000 people each year.
The study, published in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, noted that the male mosquito flaps its long, slender wings at high frequencies while also rotating them rapidly at the end of each stroke in order to connect with the low-frequency hum of a female.
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, noted that the malaria parasite Plasmodium makes a blueprint of the proteins it needs to infect the liver while still living in the mosquito, well in advance of its life cycle stages in the human host.
The maximum number of patients has been reported from Indira Nagar locality in the state capital.
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