RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid ...

The dengue virus is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected mosquito. Only a few mosquito species are vectors for the dengue virus. What is a vector? A vector is a vehicle that carries and ...

Did you know that the world's deadliest animal is the mosquito? And Aedes aegypti is one of the most dangerous. This bug spreads viruses that cause dengue fever, which was recently declared as an ...

State public health workers in Rio de Janeiro are addressing a surge in dengue fever cases, a mosquito-borne illness, during Brazil's tourist season. The team is searching for standing water where ...

Dengue ravaged Nepal last monsoon, with over 55,000 hospitalisations and 88 fatalities. But that is just the official count, and many who died from the mosquito borne virus that caused haemmorhagic ...

Fearing the already arrival of 'dengue-linked' illnesses like the common cold, flu, fever and cough among residents, health authorities have decided to launch an anti-dengue campaign and related ...

Indore: The health department is set to launch an intensive anti-larva drive in Bhagirathpura area to prevent spread of ...