Karen Foster
Karen Foster is the content manager and editor for Tiny Mosquito: Understanding the Mosquito. For more information about mosquitoes and the West Nile virus, visit her site at www.tinymosquito.com.
Articles by Karen Foster
November 04, 2009
When summertime comes around, everyone wants to take advantage of the beautiful weather by spending lots of hours outdoors. It is a time for camping, pool parties, and BBQ´s. However, there is one aggravating problem: mosquitoes. Finding a mosquito bite remedy should not be too difficult.
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October 07, 2009
Mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile and Malaria are on the increase. In 2002, Toronto reported its first case of West Nile. The event was covered by TV and newspapers countrywide. Media and public interest is well justified as the consequences of this disease are significant. West Nile is not ...
August 11, 2008
Every summer millions of people prepare themselves the best way they know how to try to reduce the number of mosquito bites they will suffer over the summer. Some will purchase obscene amounts of insect repellent, while others will transform their backyards into a citronella battlefield. Not only do...
February 06, 2008
The mosquito life cycle can only begin in an aquatic environment. The female mosquito lays between 50 and 100 eggs on the water's surface, and so it begins. While both male and female mosquitoes feed on nectar, only the female mosquito feeds on blood in order to produce her offspring. Male mosquitoe...
September 25, 2007
When traveling or enjoying outdoor activities such as camping, there is the risk of being exposed to mosquito bites and the potential diseases that they carry. Wearing clothes that cover your entire body and applying insect repellent will decrease the risk of being stung, but the safest, simplest an...
August 19, 2007
When traveling or enjoying outdoor activities such as camping, there is the risk of being exposed to mosquito bites and the potential diseases that they carry. Wearing clothes that cover your entire body and applying insect repellent will decrease the risk of being stung, but the safest, simplest an...
August 06, 2007
Malaria symptoms, such as headache, joint pain, fever, sweating, nausea and vomiting, can appear flu-like in nature and can easily be overlooked, but failure to diagnose and treat malaria can lead to coma and possible death. Other common symptoms of malaria include back pain, chills, dry cough, enla...
May 16, 2007
Where did it come from?
The West Nile virus was first isolated in 1937 in the West Nile district of Uganda. The disease has spread through many parts of Europe and Asia, as well as North and South America.
How did it spread?
We do not know exactly how the virus spread but there are several th...
May 16, 2007
Summertime means camping, family barbeques, star gazing, and many other activities that we love to do in the warm summer evenings. We have shed the woes of ice and snow that gripped us through the winter season, and we are now ready to get back outdoors and enjoy the best that Mother Nature has to o...