West Nile virus (WNV) caused disease outbreaks in Israel in the 1950s and the late 1970s.
In 1998 an outbreak of WNV in goose farms and evidence of infection in dead migratory …

Mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus, chikungunya, Zika
fever, and filariasis have the greatest health and economic impact. These mosquito-borne …

A significant number of diseases are carried by insects, ticks, mites and rodents, and these
diseases are far more common than is often realised. New diseases are regularly …

Background Wolbachia has been reported to suppress a variety of pathogen infections in
mosquitoes, but the mechanism is undefined. Two possibilities have been proposed. One is …

Researchers are hailing a Federal Court of Appeal decision that nonhuman life forms can be
patented in Canada, although some doubt that the ruling will have a major effect on their …

West Nile fever is a mosquito-borne illness that can cause encephalitis or meningitis in 1%
to 10% of cases. 1, 2 It is named after the West Nile region of Uganda, where it was first …

Access to several medical services remains a problem for some Canadians, results from the
CMA's 2000 Physician Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) show. Although 59% of physicians …

A search for prostate cancer information on the Web will turn up more news than you can
possibly use. To help people through this confusing maze, Dalhousie University ‚s …

The world is facing a critical shortage of fresh water in the next 2 decades, according to a
report from the World Commission on Water (www. worldwatercommission. org). The report …

Background Over the past decade significant advances have been made in the treatment of
congestive heart failure (CHF). Despite the reduction in morbidity and mortality conferred by …