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Mosquitoes in Puerto Rico are diseases vectors

Submitted on 17 August 2016 - 12:51pm

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Dialogo Digital

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Raúl A. Pérez-Rivera

This is the second article in a series about the spread, treatment and prevention of tropical diseases such as Denge, Chikungunya and Zika.  

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Fight against mosquitoes

Submitted on 9 August 2016 - 12:03am

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El Nuevo Día

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Marga Parés Arroyo

Almost 8,000 used tires and 279,980 pounds of rubble were collected by employees from the City of San Juan as part of the National Day for Cleaning Mosquito Breeding Places. The mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz Soto, affirmed that prevention is the best action to control the Zika epidemic. 

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Natural products that really repel mosquitoes

Submitted on 5 August 2016 - 3:55pm

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Lymari Calero Toledo

El Aedes aegypti is the vector for viral diseases such as: dengue, chikungunya and zika. Although there are manufactured products that can be used to repel mosquitoes, some prefer the use of naturally ocurring oils from plants. Various botanical oils have proven effectivity as mosquito repelants, such as the Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata), citronela (Cymbopogon nardus) and  “lemon grass” (Cymbopogon citratus).

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The pros and cons of Naled use

Submitted on 7 July 2016 - 2:28pm

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Raúl A. Pérez-Rivera

This article provides a discussion on the use of Naled, an organophosphate insecticide used to control the Aedes aegypti mosquito which is the infectious vector for diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and zika.

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What is the Zika virus?

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By Natalia Rodríguez Jockovich.

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that is known to circulate in tropical climates and has caused disease outbreaks in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and most recently in the Americas. The symptoms of Zika are similar to those of dengue and chikungunya, diseases spread through the same mosquitoes that transmit Zika, and usually include low fever or rash, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, appearing a few days after a person has been infected by an infected mosquito or after sexual intercourse with an infected person. Zika is generally a mild disease and most people with the virus will not even experience symptoms.

Study confirms link between Zika virus and microcephaly

Submitted on 22 March 2016 - 12:21am

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El Nuevo Día

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Agencia EFE

LONDON - 1 in 100 women infected with zika virus during the first trimester of pregnancy runs the risk of the fetus developing microcephaly, according to a study published in the journal "The Lancet".

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CDC director and UPR create agenda to fight zika

Submitted on 14 March 2016 - 12:53am

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The director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Thomas Frieden, participated in a conversatory with the principal investigators of the Medical Science Campus of the University of Puerto Rico to discuss strategies to fight the Zika virus in Puerto Rico.

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ZIka vaccines might arrive too late

Submitted on 14 March 2016 - 12:33am

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El Nuevo Día

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Agencia EFE

Ginebra - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that the vaccine against Zika virus might arrive to late to have a real impact on the current epidemic going on in Latin America.

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FDA does not see any environmental impact for releasing transgenic mosquitoes

Submitted on 13 March 2016 - 11:48pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Agencia EFE

WASHINGTON - The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) does not consider the use of transgenic mosquitoes to control the spread of Zika virus to have any adverse effects on the environment or the population, according to a preliminary study published today.

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Zika virus cases continue on the rise

Submitted on 7 March 2016 - 12:16am

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El Nuevo Día

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Nydia Bauzá

The Secretary of the Health Department,  Ana Ríus Armendáriz, confirmed that 40 new cases of Zika virus have been reported this week. Amongst these cases one patient required hospilization and 9 were pregnant women.  

For more information please visit the Department of Health webpage:  www.salud.gov.pr.

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