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Dengue Fever Outbreak on Easter Island

May 24, 2018March 23, 2022 Emily Wolfson

  As of April 29, 2018, 13 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed on Easter Island [1]. The cases are assumed to have been

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Fifth Dengue Serotype Discovered

October 25, 2013March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Mother Nature decided that four serotypes of the dengue virus was not enough, so she threw number five our way. Nikos Vasilakis, PhD of the

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Brazil Rolls Out GM Mosquito Farms

July 18, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Brazil has opened its first-ever, large-scale genetically modified mosquito farm in an effort to reduce the incidence of dengue fever. The mosquitoes are a genetically

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