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All-natural repellent claims to "Fight the Bite"
Louisiana is home to over 60 species of mosquitoes. Spend five minutes outside on a muggy August evening and you'll probably encounter at least one.
Protonation of Individual Histidine Residues Is Not Required for the...
Protonation of Individual Histidine Residues Is Not Required for the pH-Dependent Entry of West Nile Virus: Evaluation of the "Histidine Switch" Hypothesis Export J. Virol.
Mosquito complaints rise with floodwaters
Recent floodwaters have gotten more than just local human residents stirred up. Mosquitoes appear to have been extra active following October's record rains.
Berks Countians warned: Stick to the needle
Internet charlatans are responding to the shortage of swine flu vaccine by offering questionable remedies.
Experts advise against going to get-it-over-with swine flu parties
Invited to a swine flu party? It would be better to stay home and wash your hair.
West Nile woman denied vaccine
Sun Media's Jenny Yuen was at the East York Civic Centre to see how long the lines stretched and to look at alleged cheaters that might be jumping queue.
DAI-Led Team Selected To Implement USAID Response To Emerging Infectious Diseases
DAI has been awarded a five-year program aimed at preventing future pandemics such as HIV/AIDS and H1N1.
Researchers Identify Dominant Chemical That Attracts Mosquitoes To Humans
Chemical ecologists in the Walter Leal lab at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmits West Nile virus and other life-threatening diseases.
County records horse death from West Nile
Comment on this article After a three-year hiatus, equine encephalitis or West Nile virus has made its return to Wilson County, according to an area veterinarian.
UC Davis researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus and other life-threatening diseases.
Horse dies from West Nile in county
Comment on this article After a three-year hiatus, West Nile virus has made its return to Wilson County, according to an area veterinarian.
OHSU working on a vaccine for the West Nile virus
Oregon Health & Science University is developing a vaccine for West Nile virus that could be available in clinics in three years.
Is it worthwhile to vaccinate horses against the West Nile virus?
With two B.C. horses infected with West Nile Virus in the past month, some horse owners are taking precautions against the virus during peak season.
Pfizer to keep some FDAH lines
Some Fort Dodge Animal Health products will be made by Pfizer Inc. in the future as the result of a complex transaction that will eventually result in Boehringer Ingelheim taking over the local veterinary medicine plants.
Less West Nile Virus Detected In Tenn.
There was less West Nile Virus this year in Tennessee compared to 2008, and unusually cool weather in July and August is probably the reason, a state health expert said Monday.
West Nile strikes Modesto child
A 7-year-old Modesto girl with West Nile virus has been in a coma and hospitalized for nearly three weeks, her family said Monday.
Man dies after five-month battle with West Nile
For almost five months, Ray Stevens fought for his life in the intensive care unit of a Calgary hospital, paralyzed except for one arm.
West Nile virus verified in Lee County patient
Lee County health officials are advising residents to be cautious but not alarmed after a confirmed case of the West Nile virus was identified in a 69-year-old south Fort Myers man Wednesday.
Tests confirm West Nile death in Wash.
The Washington state Department of Health has confirmed the state's first death due to West Nile virus.
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Fort Myers man contracts West Nile
West Nile is a mosquito-borne disease that causes mild to severe illness and first reached Florida in 2001.
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