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X-rays Can be Used to Sterilize Mosquitoes
Since the 1950s, scientists have used radiation to sterilize insects, which are then released into the wild to mate, but no offspring are produced. Known as the sterile insect technique (SIT), this...
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Chikungunya Virus is Expected to Become Established in the U.S.
About six months ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a travel warning for people visiting islands in the Caribbean because chikungunya virus had been detected on the island of St. Martin....
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Public Health Authorities Began Preparing for Chikungunya Years Ago
This week is Mosquito Control Awareness Week, so it’s a good time to look at how the Pan American Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took a proactive approach...
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Zika Virus: Another Threat from the Asian Tiger Mosquito
A new virus in the group that includes dengue and chikungunya is the subject of an article in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Originating in Africa, zika was isolated in humans in the...
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Why Fly When You Can Hitchhike? Mosquitoes Rely on Roads to Disperse
It’s only been about a year since the tropical disease chikungunya was first spotted in the Western Hemisphere. In December 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a travel warning to the...
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Wolbachia Bacteria Can Control Mosquitoes with Fewer Chemicals
By Erin Weeks Imagine that a strain of bacteria living in your body had the power to protect you from deadly viruses, render you sterile, or even help give rise to a new species of human. For insects,...
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Mosquitoes Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Sort it Out Eventually
By Erin Weeks In the 1980s, public health officials and entomologists noticed a curious sea change in Florida. For centuries, the yellowfever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) had been one of the deadliest and...
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Study Compares “Natural” Mosquito Repellents to DEET
By Josh Lancette Every summer while preparing for long weekends at our family cabin in the north woods of Minnesota, we’d face the same dilemmas. What food should we bring? Is SPF 50 sunscreen enough...
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Mosquitoes More Likely to Lay Eggs in Water Sources Near Flowers
By Josh Lancette Certain mosquitoes are more likely to lay eggs in water sources near flowers than in water sources without flowers, according to an article published in the Journal of Medical...
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Zika Virus Genome Sequence Published by the Institut Pasteur
Described for the first time in Uganda in 1947, Zika is an arbovirus belonging to the same family as dengue and yellow fever. These viral diseases are transmitted by mosquitoes in the Aedes genus, like...
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Scientists Track Mosquitoes that Transmit Zika and Dengue by County
By Harvey Black As mosquito-borne diseases that were once rare or unseen in the United States are making their presence known in the country, a team of researchers from the Centers for Disease Control...
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Free Articles Provide Insight on the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus
This week is National Mosquito Control Awareness Week, and the Entomological Society of America is supporting the effort with a special collection of articles about the Asian tiger mosquito. Like its...
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Controlling the Asian Tiger Mosquito, a Potential Zika Vector, is Possible...
By Meredith Swett Walker Is there a tiger lurking in your neighborhood? The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is spreading in the U.S. and its preferred habitat is urban and suburban areas....
View ArticleTraces of Zika Found in Asian Tiger Mosquito in Brazil
This post Traces of Zika Found in Asian Tiger Mosquito in Brazil appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America. In a recent test of Asian tiger mosquitoes...
View ArticleNeighborhood Watch: How Asian Tiger Mosquito Habitat Varies From Block to...
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View ArticleCDC Releases New Data Showing Gaps Remain in Surveillance for Mosquitoes That...
This post CDC Releases New Data Showing Gaps Remain in Surveillance for Mosquitoes That Transmit Zika appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America. As...
View ArticleEntomologists Discuss Discovery’s “Mosquito” Documentary: A Live-Tweet Recap
This post Entomologists Discuss Discovery’s “Mosquito” Documentary: A Live-Tweet Recap appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America. By Donald A. Yee,...
View ArticleGas Station Windshield Wash Basins: Yet Another Habitat for Mosquito Larvae
This post Gas Station Windshield Wash Basins: Yet Another Habitat for Mosquito Larvae appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America. Michael Reiskind,...
View ArticleFaster ID of Mosquito Species Possible via CDC Improvements to DNA Testing...
This post Faster ID of Mosquito Species Possible via CDC Improvements to DNA Testing Methods appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America. A crucial step...
View ArticleThree-Quarters of U.S. Has Suitable Climate for Aedes aegypti and Aedes...
This post Three-Quarters of U.S. Has Suitable Climate for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America....
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