Dengue, A continuing global threat
Each year, an estimated 400 million people globally are infected with the virus, about 100 million get progressively sick and 2.5 percent of those patients die.
Sep 11, 2018, 12:22 PM ISTStressed-out birds more inviting to mosquitoes
Birds exposed to stress such as road noise, pesticides and light pollution were twice as likely to be bitten by mosquitoes that transmit the West Nile virus, finds a study.
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