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Ticks being picked off (the person in this image is not P.K. Rajagopalan). Credit: P.K. Rajagopalan

The Seven-Decade Transnational Hunt for the Origins of the Kyasanur Forest Disease

Nithyanand Rao 19/11/2016

Zeroing in on the genesis of this strange disease...

An aedes aegypti mosquito is seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, February 2, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker

Why You Might Have to Doubly Beware Zika if You’ve Already Had Dengue

Neelakshi Varma 08/09/2016

With grave repercussions for India, a recent study suggests...

A mosquito. Credit: bsgphotos/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Zika Virus’s Effects Getting Clearer, But Not on Why it’s Not Struck in India Yet

Raghavi Rao Kodati 29/06/2016

As the 2016 Olympic games are a little more...

A military truck carries out fumigation in a neighborhood to stop the breeding of the dengue mosquito in Havana April 5, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Enrique de la Osa

The First Dengue Vaccine and the Fight Against ‘Breakbone Fever’

Alisa Tang 08/04/2016

The Philippines this week launched the world's first public...

India has for long been a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mosquito-carried diseases, and so its authorities should be on the alert for a possible Zika virus invasion in the near future. A mosquito. Credit: turkletom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Things We Don’t Know About Zika Virus, But Should, Could Make it Deadlier

Deepak Natarajan 29/01/2016

The Zika virus has considerable potential to penetrate our...

Aedes aegypti. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

All You Need to Know About the Zika Virus

Nandita Jayaraj 27/01/2016

India is one of the Aedes aegyptis’s many homes...

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From National Capital to Mosquito Metropolis, How Delhi Built Itself an Epidemic

Sribala Subramanian 20/10/2015

As India embarks on its biggest urban expansion yet,...