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Tag Archives: mosquito
World Mosquito Day – a Wellcome Perspective
argylesock says… I’m a day late with this reblog. How many more people have died of malaria in that day?
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Tagged apicomplexan, arthropod, dipteran, disease, history, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, malaria, mosquito, parasite, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, research, tropical disease, vector
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Mapping Malaria
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Tagged apicomplexan, arthropod, child, data, dipteran, disease, human, insect, insecticide, malaria, mosquito, parasite, pest, pesticide, technology, tropical disease, vector
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New Mapping Tool Tracks Insecticide Resistance In Malaria Carrying Mosquitoes
Originally posted on The Plantwise Blog:
A mosquito in the genus Anopheles, which can transmit human malaria. Image by Yasser via Flickr (CC-BY-2.0) Progress in malaria control in the past decade can be attributed largely to a massive increase in…
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Tagged academia, Anopheles, apicomplexan, arthropod, child, contraception, data, dipteran, disease, drug resistance, evolution, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, malaria, mosquito, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, population, technology, vector
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Wellcome Image of the Month: Malaria
argylesock says… Malaria continues to be one of the world’s great killers.
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Tagged apicomplexan, art, arthropod, dipteran, disease, human, insect, malaria, mosquito, parasite, tropical disease, vector
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Living With Insect Spray
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Large numbers of American military personnel were deployed in the tropics of the Pacific during World War II. Tropical mosquito borne diseases such as Malaria and Dengue are prevalent in these areas. During…
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Tagged Aedes aegypti, Anopheles, apicomplexan, arthropod, dengue, dipteran, disease, history, human, insect, insecticide, malaria, mosquito, neglected disease, parasite, pesticide, technology, tropical disease, vector, virus
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