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Vector Borne Diseases
@singh_jyotsna Why we are bugged
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2012
I am sure most of us have not come across the word “zoonosis”. Speak about AIDS, SARS, bubonic plague and swine flu, the word acquires affinity. And then talk of dengue and malaria, it acquires an ominous urgency. Zoonosis is a collective noun for such—and some lesser known—infections that have jumped over from animals to humans. These infections are the subject of David Quammen’s book Spillover.
Check for chikungunya
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2012
How wind lures mosquitoes
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2012
A STUDY conducted in coastal Kenya has found a fascinating link between wind direction and transmission of malaria in nearby households. Geographical features, other than distance from water bodies or potential larval sites, that lead to formation of malaria hotspots are not fully understood.
Curse of excess
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2012
Future shock
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2011
It is a definite recipe for disaster, barely short of apocalypse. Thousands may die, millions get affected, and assets worth billions of dollars get destroyed. As human-induced greenhouse gases increase, so will extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts.
Non-profit diseases
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2007
Chikungunya spreads its tentacles
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2006
A close hard look
Issue Date: Jul 15, 1998
Fever stalks UP
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2011
It’s four months now. Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRDMC) in Gorakhpur has been brimming with children. Most are unconscious. Many have drip needles pierced through their skinny arms and legs. Their parents line the hospital corridors, eating, sleeping, weeping and some even defecating.
