Essays about: "mosquito-borne diseases"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words mosquito-borne diseases.

  1. 1. Structure-based design of new antiviral substances against the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Tillämpad biokemi; Lunds universitet/Beräkningskemi

    Author : Elin Öberg; [2022]
    Keywords : x-ray crystallography; protein crystallization; Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus; structure-based drug design; applied biochemistry; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is a highly infectious alphavirus responsible for severe outbreaks and epidemics in the Americas. The nonstructural protein 2 (nsP2) cysteine protease plays a fundamental role in the VEEV replication process, and is therefore, an attractive drug target for structure-based drug design using x-ray crystallography. READ MORE

  3. 2. Alternate wetting and drying and its influence on zoonotic disease vectors in northern Vietnam : can changing the rice-growing method reduce the presence of Japanese encephalitis virus?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Sandra Norrman; [2020]
    Keywords : vector; Japanese encephalitis; mosquitoes; alternate wetting and drying; Vietnam;

    Abstract : Japanese encephalitis is an important disease affecting 70,000 people every year, with young children constituting the major part. Growing rice with alternate wetting and drying (AWD) methodology reduces water consumption at the same time as it contributes to a reduction in greenhouse gas emission. READ MORE

  4. 3. Japanese encephalitis in small-scale pig raising in rural Cambodia : Seroprevalence, reproductive disorders and disease awareness

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Ellinor Henriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese encephalitis; JE; Japanese encephalitis virus; JEV; Cambodia; pig; swine; vaccination; seroprevalence; reproduction; disease knowledge; mosquito-borne diseases; prevention;

    Abstract : Japanese encephalitis (JE) is endemic in several Asian countries, including Cambodia. It is a neurologic disease caused by the mosquito-borne virus JEV, which infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts. In humans, infection is usually subclinical, but one out of around 250 infected people develop acute encephalitis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Development of Indole-Based Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase to Combat Mosquito-Borne Diseases

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kemiska institutionen

    Author : Konstanze Stangner; [2019]
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  6. 5. Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever in sheep and goats in Zambezia, Mozambique and preparations for a metagenomic study of arboviruses in ticks

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Isabelle Scharin; [2014]
    Keywords : Seroprevalence of Rift Valley Fever; Sheep and goats in Zambezia; Metagenomic study of arboviruses in ticks; Ticks;

    Abstract : The virus-mediated disease Rift Valley fever (RVF) was discovered during an outbreak in Kenya in the 1930s. Since then it has spread to most parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, and in the last decades several outbreaks have caused economic and health issues in Africa, Yemen and Saudi-Arabia. READ MORE