#mosquito virus

[quaranmine]

i don't have any plans this friday night do you think the city would let me drive the mosquito truck again

[desalvar]

𝐅𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

 . feral felis catus . anophelinae mosquito . common adder . dog      tapeworm . gulo wolverine . common blackbird

[macmanx]

To start with, if you have an empty pool that’s collected rainwater, drain it. Get rid of standing water in clogged rain gutters, rain barrels, buckets, flower pot saucers, or anything else on your property that’s holding standing water. Even turned-up bottle caps can host mosquito larvae. Change the water in pet bowls and bird baths often. If you see an unmaintained stagnant or “green” swimming pool, report it.

[maiamaiden]

i was so brave today i got 2 shots and a blood test 10 year old me would've exploded

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

Im at another air port in between my home and our final destination

It’s long… the final flight is in 3 more hours…

And I’m sweaty

[bpod-bpod]

Muscling In

La Crosse virus (a leading cause of arthropod-borne viral encephalitis in children in North America) from an infected mosquito bite enters the body through cells of underlying muscle rather than the skin and their resistance to viral-induced death enables long-term, low-level release of virus

Read the published research article here

Image from work by Christine A. Schneider and colleagues

Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Nature Communications, February 2024

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[dwindlebunnies]

I saw a pro-mosquito post and I prevented myself from interacting with it, you should be so proud of me.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Ultimately, the burden of disease in the Pleistocene was disproportionately due to a special class of pathogens that solved the evolutionary challenge of transmitting between hosts by adopting a daring gambit: vector-borne transportation (see table 3.2).

"Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History" - Kyle Harper

[biology-geology-beaches-india]

TSRNOSS, p 593.

[retireyoungtravelsmart]

Natural Mosquito Repellents: Do They Really Work?

Looking for natural mosquito repellents that actually work? In our “Budget Slow Travel in Retirement” Facebook group, we recently had a buzzing debate about natural mosquito repellents, and we’re here to share the sting-free solutions (and maybe a few laughs along the way). Photo by Luis klink on Pexels.com Table of Contents The Mosquito Conundrum: A Bite Out of Your Travel Bliss Natural vs.…

[santaclaralocalnews]

The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in a portion of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara (ZIP codes 94085, 94086, 94087 and 95051). Weather permitting, this area will be treated to reduce adult mosquito populations with the use of truck-mounted equipment on Thursday, Sept. 12, starting around 10 p.m. and concluding two to four hours later. Read complete news at svvoice.com.

[lunar-goodness]

“We plan to study these changes under different conditions, including environmental variations in the mosquito after virus infection,” she said. “The focus is on the mosquitos’ saliva, which is critical because, like with the parasite (Plasmodium) that causes malaria, arboviruses are transmitted through the saliva when the mosquito bites.”

Saraf and her team also will analyze saliva from a control group of mosquitoes not infected by the virus — but kept under the same feeding conditions and infection duration as the test group. The end goal is to identify specific proteins of interest for future host-vector-virus interaction studies, which could become potential targets for drug therapies.

The USDA has an interest in veterinary applications for the findings, but Saraf’s work could underpin therapies for people as well.

I wonder if the USDA is looking into new ways to treat heartworm.