Mosquitoes - Mosquito-resistant clothing prevents bites in trials
Researchers have created insecticide-free, mosquito-resistant clothing using textile materials they confirmed to be bite-proof in experiments with live mosquitoes.
View ArticleEverybody Hates Mosquitoes - Here's What To Do If They Love You
I love summer. You name the summertime activity and I am all in. Days by the pool, trips to the zoo, chasing down the ice cream truck, it is all a dream come true - except for...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Global warming may limit spread of dengue fever, new research finds
Infection with dengue virus makes mosquitoes more sensitive to warmer temperatures, according to new research. The team also found that infection with the bacterium Wolbachia...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Global Warming may Limit Dengue Fever Spread
Dengue virus makes mosquitoes more sensitive to warmer temperatures, stated new research. Global warming could limit the spread of dengue fever.
View ArticleMosquitoes - New eco-friendly solution to fight against malaria
Mosquitoes can and do feed on HMBPP-supplemented beetroot juice. This is the findings of a study at Stockholm University.
View ArticleMosquitoes - Single-genome sequencing reveals malaria parasite genetics and...
Understanding how malaria parasites evolve after a human is bitten by an infected mosquito is very difficult. There can be billions of individual parasites in a patient's...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Mosquito-based method to reduce dengue could be highly...
New research suggests that dengue - a viral infection spread by mosquitos - could be suppressed in Singapore in a highly cost-effective manner through the release of mosquitos...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Warming climate favors the transmission of West Nile Virus in...
Increases in temperatures as a result of climate change is favoring the transmission of the West Nile Virus in parts of Europe, by creating more suitable conditions for the...
View ArticleMosquitoes - First Zika Virus Case Reported in Uttar Pradesh
Zika virus has been reported in a patient in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Zika fever is a tropical disease, which is carried from person to person by mosquitoes and has been...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Clinical spectrum and predictors of severity of dengue among...
The mosquito-borne arboviral disease dengue has become a global public health concern. However, very few studies have reported atypical clinical features of dengue among...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Unexpected antibody type found in people with malaria infections
Malaria, a pathogen transmitted into blood by mosquitoes in tropical climates, is typically thought of as a blood and liver infection. However researchers have detected...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Unexpected antibody discovery provides new insight into how the...
Malaria, a pathogen transmitted into blood by mosquitoes in tropical climates, is typically thought of as a blood and liver infection.
View ArticleMosquitoes - What's the buzz? A return to al fresco dining
Mosquitoes, come and get me. I'm ready. Because if you're there, it's summer and I'm eating outside again.
View ArticleMosquitoes - So Far, So Good for Chikungunya Vaccine in Phase III Trial
A live-attenuated vaccine against mosquito-borne chikungunya virus was highly immunogenic across age groups, with no serious safety concerns, a researcher said. Topline results...
View ArticleAlgorithm shows that under the right conditions, mosquitoes can even flourish...
With an impressive capability of drinking up to three times their body weight in a single blood meal, mosquitoes are formidable parasites. But to reach adulthood, mosquitoes...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Scientists identify promising transmission chain-breaker in the...
Blocking a key protein found in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes - the principal vector for malaria transmission to humans in Africa - could thwart infection with malaria parasites...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Benefits of treated malaria bed nets persist into adulthood,...
A two-decade study of the impact of treated mosquito bed nets for malaria control in Tanzania found that the benefits of using the nets in early childhood persisted into...
View ArticleMosquitoes - Mosquito Nets Do Prevent Malaria, Longitudinal Study Confirms
Would preventing malaria in young children delay functional immunity? Medscape Medical News
View ArticleWarning as virus found in mosquitoes breeding after Brisbane downpour
Residents are being warned to take extra precautions outside after the debilitating virus was found in mosquitoes in Brisbane.
View ArticleMosquitoes - From the Archives, 1992: Mozzies strike at the heart of canines
A study had shown that the backyard mosquito was the villain of the heartworm disease epidemic afflicting tens of thousands of the city's dogs.
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