All Posts: mosquito borne disease

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Climate Change Portends Wider Malaria Risk as Mosquitos Spread South and to Higher Elevations in Africa

Based on data that span the past 120 years, scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa are…

February 14, 2023

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Commonly Used Antibiotic Shows Promise for Combating Zika Infections

November 24, 2020

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A Billion People Will Be Newly Exposed to Diseases Like Dengue Fever as World Temperatures Rise

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (March 28, 2019) — As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the…

March 28, 2019