مقاومت به حشره­‌کش یک نگرانی در حال افزایش است، خصوصاً وقتی موضوع به حشره­‌هایی که حامل بیماری هستند، ارتباط داشته باشد. محققان آمریکا و مکزیک نژادی از Aedesaegypti  را که نوعی پشه است و می تواند بیماری های تب دنگی، chikungunya زیکا  را به انسان ها منتقل کند، پرورش داده اند تا دوباره به حشره کش­های pyrethroid حساس شود. آن­ها …

Pathogenic arboviruses, including dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika, are all spread by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), have now developed transgenic strains of this mosquito that stably express the Cas9 enzyme in their germline, making CRISPR genome editing fast and efficient and opening up the potential to develop “gene drive” strategies for …

Existing drugs could treat chikungunya Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection could be treated with autoimmune therapies currently used for other conditions, according to research led by A*STAR scientists. When transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, CHIKV causes high fever, headaches, joint inflammationand debilitating joint pain. Since 2004 there have been major outbreaks in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South and Central America. There …