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Dengue: The Innovative Development by UBA Specialists

Specialists from a department of the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA) are working on an innovative project to combat dengue. The project is based on eliminating mosquito larvae that transmit this virus and other diseases....

Dengue in Buenos Aires: the province uses AI to combat it

The advances to combat dengue in Buenos Aires have reached new areas and bring encouraging news.  Indeed, the provincial Ministry of Health is part of an interdisciplinary project that uses advanced techniques of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prevent the disease. The...

Dengue: The cleaning and clearing campaign in Buenos Aires

The Government of the Province of Buenos Aires has launched a new dengue prevention campaign in the midst of the intense rainfall in the district. Furthermore, an imminent alert from several regions of Brazil is focusing on the possibility of...

Dengue: The coming weeks could see the highest mosquito activity

During dengue season, specialists have warned that in the coming weeks the peak of mosquito circulation, which transmits the disease, will be recorded. Although this summer seems to have less presence in urban areas compared to last year's outbreak, experts...

“Mosquitos with ‘toxic’ sperm could help stop tropical diseases, study suggests”

Australian researchers have developed an innovative technique with genetically modified mosquitoes that could be key in the fight against tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue. This breakthrough, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, promises to reduce the spread...

Discovery: Peanut skin extract inhibits the dengue virus during its replication cycle.

CONICET researchers reveal the potential of peanut skin extract inhibiting the dengue virus Specialists from CONICET have demonstrated, in in vitro models, that a compound derived from industrial waste of peanut skin has the potential to prevent and treat the...

Latin America faces the most severe dengue epidemic since 1980

The American continent is facing the largest dengue epidemic since regional records began in 1980, with 12.6 million documented cases, almost three times more than in 2023, as reported with concern by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on...

Dengue prevention: UBA provides free repellent made at the university

By: canal26.com A joint effort in the prevention of dengue between the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy and Biochemistry of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) has yielded very positive results in the fight against mosquitoes. With the arrival of summer,...

Dengue in Argentina: Researcher develops innovative natural repellent

Research to combat dengue in Argentina has never stopped. Since the extensive outbreak last summer, efforts have been made to keep the population alert to prevention measures, while science does its part. In addition to the release of irradiated mosquitoes...

What can we do to prevent dengue fever?

The most effective measure to prevent and break the transmission cycle of dengue and other diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito is the elimination or neutralization of breeding sites, that is, of all containers or objects that can...

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