The spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus as well as dengue, Rift Valley fever, and ...

By altering the metabolism of the skin, the Zika virus guarantees its own survival, resulting in turning humans into mosquito ...

The method involves using low-dose X-rays to render male mosquitoes unable to reproduce. Male mosquitoes don't bite and won’t have contact with people or spread disease.

"If they can't hear the female wingbeat ... Pathogens spread by the mosquito Aedes aegypti infect some 400 million people a year, of which about 100 million develop diseases like dengue, zika ...

The dengue virus is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected mosquito. Only a few mosquito species are vectors for the dengue virus. What is a vector? A vector is a vehicle that carries ...

Zika transmission has been reported more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus, as well as dengue and ...

But the modeling doesn't necessarily show that," co-author ... abilities to withstand long periods of drought. "The Aedes aegypti mosquito is resistant to drying out. Its eggs can survive ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research shows.

As Aedes aegypti spread, the district received more ... Since the health district doesn’t perform mosquito control, it relies on jurisdictional counterparts to combat mosquito-transmitted ...

As if Japan doesn't have enough to worry about trying ... for Japan to be on its guard due to findings that some Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have developed a resistance to pyrethroids.

It's only the females of mosquito species like Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae that actually bite humans. And if they do bite, they risk transmitting deadly diseases like malaria, dengue fever ...

LUCKILY WE HAVEN'T SEEN LOCAL TRANSMISSION HERE IN COLLIER ... program using the "Sterile Insect Technique" to combat Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, specifically in Golden Gate City.