Parasitology
You may miss these parasites when they’re gone
Most people assume that a warmer planet will be a buggier, more parasite- and disease-ridden place. There are plenty of examples to justify this fear. Climate change is already expanding the range of ticks that spread Lyme disease; mosquitoes that transmit malaria and Zika; and nocturnal, biting kissing bugs that drive Chagas' disease infections.
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Baffled doctors find a worm living and growing in a man’s eye
A man in eastern India went to the doctor complaining of reduced vision, redness, pain and floaters. Optometrists discovered that there was a live work living in his eye. Specifically, the work lived behind the lens and in front of his retina.
Mosquito plague even prevents them from going to the store
Residents of Kovin fear the Vest Nile virus Mosquito plague even prevents them from going to the store
KOVIN: Residents of Kovin haven’t been able to leave their homes for days, because they are afraid of mosquitoes, which are besieging the town in swarms. Mosquito spraying hasn’t been organized yet.
Mosquito proliferation in flooded areas to be controlled
BELGRADE - Talks are under way with the European Commission, which has offered a donation for the purchase of anti-mosquito chemicals, following the recent floods that hit Serbia, said Dragan Ilic, director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia.