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Disease Hunters

05:08 Min
Disease Hunters

Disease Hunters - S1: Why are deadly mosquitoes invading the US?

06 Apr 2021 03:40pm
Mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika, Chikungunya and dengue kill over a million people each year, making mosquitoes the world’s deadliest creatures. Among the most dangerous species of mosquito is the Aedes aegypti, carrier of viruses that cause dengue and yellow fever.
About the Show

What may bring the next pandemic? This 3-part series features “Disease Hunters” on the frontlines as they identify, study or kill infectious diseases, vectors and microbes. It stars leading scientists from Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, Japan, Philippines, Iceland, India, UK and USA, and highlights international collaboration and data-sharing as scientists seek to keep pace with potential pathogens. The series also connects today’s outbreaks with historical epidemics and explores factors that may accelerate future outbreaks like human-animal interactions, drug resistance, climate change, urbanisation and globalisation. Through cinematic medical animations, it shows the unseen operations of viruses, bacteria and mosquito-borne diseases, vaccines, antibiotics, bacteriophages and monoclonal antibodies. Diseases discussed include COVID-19 coronavirus, influenza, H1N1 swine flu, polio, superbugs, tuberculosis, malaria and dengue.

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