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WHO: Dengue fever shows potential for global epidemic

A young boy with dengue fever receives oxygen while in hospital in Quezon city in the suburbs of Manila on August 14, 2012. (AFP)

The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday that it had charted progress in the fight against tropical diseases but warned that dengue fever was spreading at an alarming rate. “In 2012, dengue ranked as the fastest spreading vector-borne viral disease, with an epidemic potential in the world, registering a 30-fold…

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Florida officials may release genetically modified mosquitos in Dengue fight

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Health officials in Florida are considering a plan to release thousands of genetically modified mosquitos into the wild to combat a rare disease.  According to the Associated Press, mosquito control workers are waiting for word from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would put the plan into action as…

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Brazil to breed GM mosquitoes to combat dengue

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Brazil said it will breed huge numbers of genetically modified mosquitoes to help stop the spread of dengue fever, an illness that has already struck nearly 500,000 people this year nationwide. Dengue affects between 50 and 100 million people in the tropics and subtropics each year, causing fever, muscle and…

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