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Hi-tech bid to beat mosquito disease A COMPUTER program that can predict the effects of climatic events on the prevalence of mosquitoes that spread dengue disease was unveiled last month. Dengue is described by the World Health Organisation as the world's most common mosquito-borne viral disease, putting as many as 2,5 billion people at risk. The computer model being honed by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US can help to predict population booms and when and where the mosquito might show up in response to large-scale climatic events. It was developed by graduate student Marianne Hopp and climatologist Dr Jonathan Foley. Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that is the principal carrier of the dengue virus, is especially prevalent in urban areas. Dengue disease was first described in Philadelphia in 1780. It is characterised by headache, fever, pains in the throat and skin rash. Top of page | Home Page | News | BT Money | Survey | Companies | People | Appointments | World | Markets | Trends | Columns | News Maker | Money Guides | Labour Guides | Calculators | Search | Archive | E-Mail us |