The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...

Despite the constant presence of mosquitoes, the risk of disease transmission fluctuates throughout the year between high and low risk months.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have uncovered a gene in fruit flies that plays a crucial role in their courtship ...

Those who have been recently vaccinated against or recently infected with related flaviviruses (yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, dengue) may have false positive WNV MAC-ELISA results.

Climate change poses as a biggest environmental threat. It substantially affects pathogens (parasites, viruses and bacteria), vectors, and reservoir hosts, having implications for the transmission of ...

First recognized in the United States in 1999, WNV was initially identified in the West Nile district of Uganda ... New York City hospitals in 1999 with encephalitis, among whom there were 62 ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

And with peak mosquito season comes a rise in mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

The Israeli military killed at least 10 Palestinians, including a child, in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as its prime minister announced the start of a “large-scale military operation” in ...

That's how Kanye West kicked off his latest Instagram post, and it's all thanks to his 11-year-old daughter, North West. On Monday, January 20, the 47-year-old Yeezy founder gave fans a rare peek ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...