Archive for the ‘Yellow Fever’ Category
Zika is just one of a growing number of continent-jumping diseases carried by mosquitoes and threatening swathes of humanity.
Sunday, March 13th, 2016
Angola immunizes 6.7 million people against yellow fever
Saturday, March 12th, 2016** Available data has shown that there were 65 confirmed cases, 813 suspected cases, and 138 deaths of yellow fever in Angola.
The Aedes mosquitoes that transmit the virus on Puerto Rico have developed resistance to permethrin.
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Colombia is said to have made progress on what could be an innovative way of controlling the disease. A tropical disease specialist at the University of Antioquia states scientists there had successfully bred a mosquito that was resistant to Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever.
Friday, February 19th, 2016
“…..To create the strain, Dr. Vélez infected mosquitoes with bacteria that block the insects from picking up the virus. When the mosquitoes breed with ones that are susceptible to the disease, their progeny are shielded.
“The results are encouraging,” Dr. Vélez said, citing a recent pilot project near Medellín in which 80 percent of mosquitoes were rendered unable to transmit Zika…….”
Yellow Fever: As of 8 February, a total of 164 suspected cases and 37 deaths had been reported in Angola
Sunday, February 14th, 2016
Yellow Fever – Angola
12 February 2016 – On 21 January 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Angola notified WHO of an outbreak of yellow fever.
The first cases were identified in the district of Viana (Luanda province) on 5 December 2015. Yellow fever infection was initially confirmed in three patients by polymerase chain reaction at the Zoonosis and Emerging Disease Laboratory of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa and at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal.
As of 8 February, a total of 164 suspected cases and 37 deaths had been reported in Angola. The majority of cases (n=138) had been reported in the province of Luanda. Other affected provinces include Cabinda, Cuanza Sul, Huambo, Huila and Uige. Suspected cases are undergoing laboratory testing in order to rule out other aetiologies and cross reactions with yellow fever.
