Flashermac Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 The Public Health Ministry has issued a warning of the need to take precautions against dengue fever, which has claimed 50 lives so far this year. Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, director-general of the Disease Control Department, said the Bureau of Epidemiology reported that a total of 52,008 people had fallen ill with dengue fever between from Jan 1-Oct 16 this year, and 50 of them died. Of the total, 20,600 of the patients were in the Central Region, 14,347 in the Northeast, 9,076 in the North, and 7,985 in South. Dr Pornthep said the dengue situation in the South is now of concern because of the rain and water-holding areas could become a breeding ground for stripe mosquitoes, the carrier of the disease. People needing information can call hot line 1422. My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Ongoing since the orginal post of three years ago .. Eradication is not seen as possible in the near future .. http://englishnews.t...ore-than-double The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Health Office today reported a total of 13,000 dengue fever patients in Bangkok this year, more than double of last year's patients. The reason for the wide spreading of the fever this year was the delay of the rainy season that contributed to more breeding grounds for mosquitoes while life cycle of mosquito was also shortened to just 5-7 days. I think read somewhere about tests to stop females being produced .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 I found this, could this be answer genetic modification in the long term future ? .. http://www3.imperial...-6-2014-16-5-11 In this new experiment the scientists inserted a DNA cutting enzyme called I-PpoI into Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. In normal reproduction, half of the sperm bear the X chromosome and will produce female offspring, and the other half bear the Y chromosome and produce male offspring. The enzyme that the researchers used works by cutting the DNA of the X chromosome during production of sperm, so that almost no functioning sperm carry the female X chromosome. As a result the offspring of the genetically modified mosquitoes was almost exclusively male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Sounds like something Chinese parents might be interested in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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