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COVID-19-related restrictions on people’s movements and interactions may be linked to a sharp decline in cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever in 2020, offering new insight into how it might be controlled, according to a study.

Dengue is not transmitted human to human, but only by the Aedes mosquito, which bites during the day.Dengue is not transmitted human to human, but only by the Aedes mosquito, which bites during the day.

Dengue is not transmitted human to human, but only by the Aedes mosquito, which bites during the day. New approaches to controlling the disease, including insecticide spraying in classrooms and contact tracing to understand where infected people have recently visited, could now be tested, Brady suggested.

The World Health Organisation says the global incidence of dengue is growing dramatically and estimates around half of the world’s population is at risk of contracting dengue.

 

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