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History of domestication and spread of Aedes aegypti - A Review  The adaptation of insect vectors of human diseases to breed in human ... Considerable data are available on the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti in this .... sailed to West Africa to acquire slaves, brought them to the New World where they were ... for long periods as would be required for East Africa to Asia migration on ships.
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Why Aedes aegypti are so good at transmitting Zika, and other FAQs ...  Aug 14, 2016 ... The Aedes agypti has helped Zika explode through South America, ... Why are Aedes aegypti so good at transmitting disease-causing flaviviruses such as Zika? ... How does an Aedes aegypti mosquito transmit Zika? ... But they are an invasive species, and since their voyage to the U.S. on slave ships, they...
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Zika Virus, Yellow Fever, and the Mosquito Behind Them : We're ...  Feb 2, 2016 ... Zika is transmitted through the bites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, ... of the legacy of A. aegypti-borne disease and inequality, rooted in slavery and most ... the lack of indoor plumbing, and drought brought on by climate change, ... in the sultry environments of the Caribbean, Central, and South America.
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Things to know about the mosquito villain in Zika outbreaks - US News  Jan 27, 2016 ... (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP) The ... NEW YORK (AP)  Behind the tropical disease outbreaks that have exploded in Latin America is a ... Aedes aegypti is a small, dark, hot-weather mosquito with white ... originated in Africa, but came to the Americas on slave ships.
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History of yellow fever - Wikipedia  The evolutionary origins of yellow fever most likely lie in Africa. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the virus originated from East or Central Africa, with transmission between primates and humans, and spread from there to West Africa. The virus as well as the vector Aedes aegypti, a mosquito species, were probably brought ... The disease probably was brought by refugees and mosquitoes on ships...
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American Colonization Society - Geni  American Colonization Society The American Colonization Society (ACS) (in full, The Society f. ... It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 182122 as a place for freedmen. ... Colonization as a solution to the problem of free blacks ... At the same time, due in part to manumission efforts sparked by the war and the abolition...
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Zika virus baby born in New Jersey's mother says she flew to ...  Jun 3, 2016 ... Mother of Zika baby born in New Jersey says she flew to America to seek ..... reported in many Latin American countries and Caribbean islands. ... A researcher from Colorado, who caught the virus overseas, is thought to have infected his wife, ... Cities in southern Florida, as well as impoverished areas in...
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CDC - Malaria - About Malaria - History  Mar 11, 2016 ... Malaria or a disease resembling malaria has been noted for more than 4,000 years. ... malaria parasites could be transmitted from infected patients to mosquitoes. ... time interval during which the parasite developed in the mosquito). ... CDC's mission to combat malaria began at its inception on July 1, 1946.
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Jeopary Questions page 2064 - SICKNESS & HEALTH - TriviaBistro ...  POTPOURRI: Imported into Brazil from Africa, these "killer" insects escaped the lab & bred with locals  PRESIDENTS: At the shooting, his assassin cried, "I am a...
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J! Archive - Show #3440, aired 1999-07-16  Lyme disease is transmitted to humans via the deer species of this bug ... Species of this insect include rhinoceros, Hercules & Goliath...
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Insect Borne Diseases - The Travel Doctor  Of the many diseases spread by insects, very few are actually caused by the .... for the vectors of some diseases such as dengue and yellow fever is during daylight ... It is transmitted through the repeated bites of mango flies (or mangrove flies ..... or kissing bugs (a blood-sucking insect that feeds on humans and animals).
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History of Sleeping Sickness in East Africa  The history of human sleeping sickness in East Africa is characterized by the .... Very acute disease is found in the former focus, while low virulence and a high ... paper of Sir David Bruce (17) that the tsetse fly was linked to cattle trypanosomiasis ... This theory of the epidemic spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness implies...
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1000+ ideas about Tsetse Fly on Pinterest | Giardia Lamblia ...  Tsetse fly Glossina sp., a blood- sucking parasitic fly of tropical Africa .... The Tsetse fly is what spread the African sleeping sickness, which affects as many as .... Muscidae (order Diptera), that occur only in Africa and transmit sleeping sickness in. .... Scientists believe they have found a way to beat sleeping sickness using a...
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Mosquito-Borne Diseases - American Mosquito Control Association  The malaria parasite (plasmodium) is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The term malaria is attributed to Horace Walpole in a letter from Italy in 1740...
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Slave Mutiny on the Amistad | HistoryNet  ... 1839, Joseph Cinqu led a slave mutiny on board the Spanish schooner ... entry of the ship into Cubain violation of the Anglo-Spanish treaties of 1817 and...
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1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic - Wikipedia  During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia, 5,000 or more people were listed in ... Letters describing their cases were published in a pamphlet about a month .... epidemic in Charleston, South Carolina, that African slaves appeared to be .... People who did not leave Philadelphia before the second week in...
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Mosquito-Borne Diseases - American Mosquito Control Association  Not only can mosquitoes carry diseases that afflict humans, they also transmit ... is susceptible to malaria, mostly in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. ... More than one million deaths and 300 - 500 million cases are still reported ... The mosquito species that transmit this disease are the Asian Tiger Mosquito...
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Mobile Animals and Disease - Infectious Disease Movement in a ...  Reiter, who captured the first specimen of the mosquito species Aedes ..... United States imported more than 1.1 billion live animals from 2000 to 2004. .... Outside the forest, inter-human transmission can continue if suitable vectors are present. ..... Rift Valley fever virus is a zoonotic mosquito-borne pathogen that primarily...
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View Article - Biodiversity Heritage Library  The tribe known as Anopheles is the only one which can spread malaria. The members of ... portant member of the tribe east of the Rocky Mountains in the United. States is the species called Anopheles quadrimaculatus. ... other insects, etc).
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To the Editor - Military Medicine - AMSUS  in this essay about the American nurse, Clara Maass, ... have died as a result of the yellow fever experiments. ... A Nurse Volunteer for Yellow Fever Inoculations . 1901 ... resulting from the bites of mosquitoes ... yellow fever experiments in Cuba in 1901 and that she ... In early 1901 after Walter Reed had left Cuba, Major.
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Mosquito-Borne Diseases | Baylor College of Medicine | Houston ...  The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the ... species that favor humans pose the greatest risk for transmitting malaria. ... It is thought that warmer climates and denser population centers provide mosquitoes with ... travel to regions in which dengue is circulating, but some cases have been...