Authorities eased this onerous system in the years after World War II as they found success in wiping out mosquitoes with a ...

aegypti also is a vector for the Zika virus, blamed for an outbreak of ... If society chooses to eliminate one or more species of mosquito, what are the downsides? Mosquitoes play a critical ...

"The mosquito species that spreads Zika has two forms ... leading to a natural barrier that reduces the spread of Zika virus in Africa. Both forms live in Africa, but the amount of variation ...

Zika virus manipulated human skin cells to release mosquito-attracting odors. Insights into the virus’s transmission tactics can help curb its spread.

For starters, estimates of mosquito species worldwide range from 3,200 to 3,900 or more ... it is unwittingly injecting a ...

On World Malaria Day, we explore how malaria differs from other mosquito-borne diseases—from the mosquito species involved to ...

The life cycle of mosquitoes can go full cycle, from an egg to an adult, in as little as 10 days during warm months. So what can drive them away?

The Aedes aegypti mosquito was detected in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of South San Jose, where two adult mosquitoes were trapped — meaning that the species survived the winter after they were ...

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host's dendritic cells. But a new Nature Communications study ...