The Hawai‘i Department of Health announced Wednesday a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the number ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating five hospitalizations that occurred in people ...

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease transmitted by the female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. The same vector ...

More local governments are declaring a dengue outbreak. The Quezon City Government was the first to announce an uptick in ...

The gustatory system is the sensory system responsible for the perception of taste and flavour. In humans, the gustatory system is comprised of taste cells in the mouth (which sense the five taste ...

Each of these meteorological factors influence the life cycle of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which are responsible for the spread of dengue. “Rainfall creates breeding sites ...

Infected mosquitoes spread the chikungunya virus through their bites. The main transmitters are the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species. The same 2 species of mosquitoes also transmit dengue.

This has been partly due to viral adaptations allowing the virus to spread more easily via Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Transmission often persists in countries where large parts of the population ...

Each of these meteorological factors influence the life cycle of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which are responsible for the spread of dengue. “Rainfall creates breeding sites for ...