I am investigating the different parasites responsible for dengue fever and want to follow a very easy method to physically differentiate between different parasites.
Dear Richu;
It is not to understand. Would you like to differenciate Aedes species or Plasmodium species? But as Ayaman said, they are not related...
Adult Aedes aegypti is very easy to differenciate from other species. Pay attention in a bright silvery lyre-shaped patternon the dorsal side of thorax.
Thanks Ayman and Onilda..Ya It causes dengue fever .. what are the other parasites which causes dengue fever.. Is there is anyone who is working on their mechanism to cause dengue fever.....
Dear Richu, you are welcome
Dengue Fever (DF), and its more severe form known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), is the most important arthropod-transmitted viral disease of humans in the world today, and its viral disease caused by virus belong to the genus
Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae.
Dear Richu,
There are four types of Dengue virus (DENV -1, -2, -3, and -4). You can use multiplex RT-PCR to identifies different serotypes of dengue virus.
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Dengue virus is primarily transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, particularly A. aegypti.[16] These mosquitoes usually live between the latitudes of 35° North and 35° South below an elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).[16]They typically bite during the early morning and in the evening,[31][32] but they may bite and thus spread infection at any time of day.[33] Other Aedesspecies that transmit the disease include A. albopictus, A. polynesiensis and A. scutellaris.[16] Humans are the primary host of the virus,[16][25] but it also circulates in nonhuman primates.[34] An infection can be acquired via a single bite.[35] A female mosquito that takes a blood meal from a person infected with dengue fever, during the initial 2- to 10-day febrile period, becomes itself infected with the virus in the cells lining its gut.[36] About 8–10 days later, the virus spreads to other tissues including the mosquito's salivary glands and is subsequently released into its saliva. The virus seems to have no detrimental effect on the mosquito, which remains infected for life.[18] Aedes aegypti is particularly involved, as it prefers to lay its eggs in artificial water containers, to live in close proximity to humans, and to feed on people rather than other vertebrates
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