La zanzara tigre (Aedes albopictus) è una specie invasiva originaria dell’Asia. Si è stabilita nelle zone temperate di Europa e America, dove rimane attiva anche nella stagione invernale. Globalizzazione, urbanizzazione e cambiamento climatico ne hanno favorito l’espansione. Costituisce un problema per la salute pubblica poiché trasmette malattie virali quali Dengue e Chikungunya.
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The Bluetongue Disease
Bluetongue is a viral, vector-transmitted disease that affects ruminants. There is no treatment to cure infected animals, but it can be prevented by vaccination. Other indirect methods to prevent the spread of the Bluetongue disease are the control of the vector population, and the control of livestock transportation.
Florence Nightingale: a pioneer in epidemiology and infectious disease control
Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Victorian age in England, or to be more precise, she was the first real nurse. She was the first to define nursery as a profession (for a long time exclusively for women), and to define its rules and principles in her book Notes on nursing for the labouringContinue reading “Florence Nightingale: a pioneer in epidemiology and infectious disease control”
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