Because the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes live near and prefer to feed on people, they are more likely to spread viral diseases than are the Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Culex mosquitoes are distributed ...

“On top of the expanded area in which the Aedes albopictus is found in Japan due to global warming, if the Aedes aegypti should also take root, the risk of a dengue fever epidemic is bound to ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 4 February 2025, approved the vaccine chikungunya vaccine (live) (brand name ...

which is transmitted by infected female mosquitoes - Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. To control the outbreak, researchers ...

In severe cases, dengue can be fatal. Dengue is treated with pain medicine as there is no specific treatment currently. Therefore people should be aware of the risks of dengue fever.  According to the ...

“So she makes sure you get a multiple dose,” says University of Kentucky entomologist Grayson Brown, who in March went to Brazil, where Zika has hit hard, to help lead an Aedes aegypti summit.

Typically, four days after being bit by an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, a person will develop viremia, a condition in which there is a high level of the dengue virus in the blood. Viremia ...

Over the last 20 years, there has been a tenfold increase in reports of dengue—an infectious disease that spreads to humans through the bite of infected Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus ...

Chikungunya infected children are being reported these days, said Dr. Deepal Perera, a specialist at the Lady Ridgeway ...