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Dengue Fever
University of North Dakota reports research in dengue fever
February 24th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Concurrent ingestion of microfilariae (mf) and arboviruses by mosquitoes can enhance the transmission of Virus compared with When Virus is ingested alone. We studied the effect of mf enhancement oil the extrinsic incubation period (EIP) of dengue 1 virus within Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes by feeding mosquitoes oil blood that either contained virus Plus Boigia malayi mf or virus only." "Mosquitoes were sampled over time to determine viral dissemination rates. Co-ingestion of mf and virus reduced viral EIP by over half We used the computer simulation program, DENSiM. to compare the predicted patterns of dengue incidence...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-24)
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