Mosquitoes - Climate change makes West Nile virus outbreaks 'plausible' in UK
Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, a new study has found. A new scientific model shows the risk of the...
View ArticleMosquitoes - New CRISPR tools help contain mosquito disease transmission
Scientists have developed a genetics toolkit that helps pave the way to a gene drive designed to stop Culex mosquitoes from spreading disease. Much less studied than other...
View ArticleMosquitoes - New genetic editing tools could stop the spread of mosquito...
Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists have been working to leverage the technology in the development of gene drives that target...
View ArticleCRISPR Tools to Cut Down Disease Spread by Culex Mosquitoes
New CRISPR tools are developed to control disease transmission by mosquitoes
View ArticleMosquitoes - Why We Gave Up On Having A Nice Yard
In the summer , I have to swear that watermelon seeds will not make my three boys pregnant with watermelon babies. While I pant in a hammock and wish for an Alaska, they dive...
View ArticleStudy demonstrates ‘exciting potential' of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to...
The release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes led to a 77% reduction in the incidence of symptomatic dengue in an Indonesian city, according to researchers, who said the same...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Florida Woman Dies From Dengue Fever
A Miami woman dies from dengue fever, highlighting the need for awareness of the potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus.
View ArticleFight Dengue With Mosquitoes?; Flu Vax in Pregnant Women: It's TTHealthWatch!
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Dengue Infections Can Be Sharply Reduced With Wolbachia Bacteria
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine belies the extraordinary 77% protective efficacy reported for preventing dengue infections with Wolbachia-infected Aedes...
View ArticleAs climates change, prepare for more mosquitoes in winter
In places on the front lines of climate change, these disease-spreading insects may become a year-round problem.
View ArticleMosquitoes - Children with asymptomatic malaria a 'hidden risk' to disease...
The role of people infected with malaria without showing symptoms presents a hidden risk to efforts to control the disease after they were found to be responsible for most...
View ArticleYellow fever mosquitoes evolve different strategies to resist pesticides
The yellow fever mosquito spreads multiple untreatable viruses in humans and is primarily controlled using a pesticide called permethrin. However, many mosquitoes are evolving...
View ArticleMosquitoes - 'Mosquito smoothie' innovation boosts future malaria vaccine...
A faster method for collecting pure malaria parasites from infected mosquitos could accelerate the development of new, more potent malaria vaccines.
View ArticleMosquitoes - Targeting specific people with West Nile vaccine more cost...
A West Nile vaccine plan that targets older people in areas of the United States with a high incidence of the virus would be a more cost-effective strategy than an age-based...
View ArticleMosquitoes - No Sprayed Pesticides: Our Yard Stays Wild
My nine-year-old son can pick up any toad in our yard and classify it by species. Our toads have been captured so often they submit placidly to an amphibian version of alien...
View ArticleMosquitoes - From The Confessional: Fireworks Were Cool, Until We Had Kids
Oh, yay! 4th of July! Can't wait until my drunk-ass idiotic neighbors try to set up fireworks but fuck it up and have to call 911 after losing a finger. Or until my...
View ArticleMosquitoes - How to Reduce Malaria Transmission in Humans?
Ivermectin drug kills infective, malaria causing mosquitoes and helps reduce malaria transmission in humans but it may not be sufficient for a sustained impact.
View ArticleMosquitoes - Mapping dengue fever hot spots can predict future outbreaks of...
Data from nine cities in Mexico confirms that identifying dengue fever “hot spots” can provide a predictive map for future outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya. All three of these...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Mapping dengue hot spots pinpoints risk for Zika and chikungunya
Data from nine cities in Mexico confirms that identifying dengue fever 'hot spots' can provide a predictive map for future outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya. All three of these...
View ArticleThese Cute Citronella Candles Will Keep Mosquitoes From Sucking The Fun Out...
Mosquitoes and other flies really know how to kill the vibe on those summer nights out. And citronella candles aren't always exactly the beacon of ambiance. Sometimes, sadly...
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