Executive Summary Mosquito related diseases are a significant factor when public health is discussed in developing countries. In India it self, there have been a great concern regarding the same. The group decided to take up this topic as it related to the common man. This study dig deeps into the kind of perception people have when it comes to purchase ans use of mosquito repellants. A questionnaire was prepared which had questions pertaining to 9 different aspects of mosquito repellants. They were carefully
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come up with the idea of Decorative Mosquito trap. This trap aims to eliminate mosquitoes without the health risks from chemical sprays and the electrocutions from other trap. The Decorative Mosquito Trap is made of UV Light that can attract mosquitoes and Fan to trap those mosquitoes and Electric Rod Shock net to kill mosquitoes. This Decorative mosquito trap is easy and it is rechargeable type that you can use even there is no electricity. This Decorative Mosquito
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12- Convulsions. Methods of transmission/Infection? "causes" The most common mode of transmission of malaria is by mosquito bites. A) Mosquito transmission cycle: 1- Uninfected mosquito: a mosquito is not infected but it become infected by feeding on a person who has malaria. 2- Transmission parasite: the second person this mosquito bites, the malaria parasites can be transmitted to him. 3- In the liver: the parasites travel through blood and live in the liver where some
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transmission, treatment, and prevention of the virus. West Nile Virus (WNV) is a virus that is normally seen in the Middle East, Africa, and West Asia through a patient located in Uganda (Henley, 2003). WNV can infect dogs, birds, horses, squirrels, mosquitos, humans, and other mammals. It was thought to have evolved from Israel, and has spread swiftly throughout the United States. The numbers of cases reported were from 20 to 60 per year, until in 2002 when the number rose to above 4,000 (Henley, 2003)
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Effectiveness of Lemon and Orange Peel as Insect Repellent CHAPTER I Introduction There are many plants that can be used for making an insect repellant that is highly branded. The researcher wanted to make lemon and orange peel as an insect repellant main ingredient because we can also get them the fruit in our own tree or backyard and get only the peel. The researcher chose lemon and orange peel because it is also good for our body and skin. The lemon peel contains Vitamin C and citric
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sense of hearing for breeding purposes. Because of the link between hearing and mating behavior, as well as their impact on human health, the hearing abilities of mosquitoes has been the subject of much study. The limit of mosquito hearing is approximately 2,000 Hertz. Mosquito Hearing Mosquitoes are equipped with two feathery antennae on their head, and they use these to hear. The antennae are attached at the base to circular structures called Johnston’s organs. Mosquitoes engage in an active
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Similar to malaria, the virus is transmitted when a mosquito bites an infected person and then bites another person spreading the disease/ virus. According to the article, outbreaks of the Zika virus didn’t start occurring outside of the Africa area until around the 2000’s. Although most people that contract
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Culture and Disease – West Nile Virus Julia Williams HCS/245 October 7, 2013 Wendy Smith Culture and Disease – West Nile Virus West Nile virus is a mosquito borne virus that was considered a minor risk to humans until the early 1990’s and according to Wikipedia (2013), by 2012 was considered an endemic pathogen in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, which has experiences one of its worst epidemics with West Nile virus. West Nile virus
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Epidemic Paper name SCI/163 date teacher Epidemic Paper Sometimes families take that dream vacation without even thinking about what diseases or illnesses are present in that area or region. Sometimes the symptoms for those illnesses are basic ones that will not raise a flag, until is too late. Before we visit a new area or region, we need to make sure we check everything that is going on, from politics to weather to epidemics and diseases, I am writing about an epidemic that is currently
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West Nile Presentation Comm110 9/27/2012 West Nile Presentation As of Wednesday September 12th 2012 the CDC reported the worst outbreak of West Nile virus ever to hit the United States. The current total of 2,636 cases is still growing. Of those reported cases there have been 118 deaths. These are the highest totals since it was first detected in the United States in 1999. It was first identified in Uganda in eastern Africa in 1937. Nearly all fifty states have reported cases, but
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