mosquito

This urban mosquito threatens to derail the fight against malaria in Africa

4:46pm November 01, 2022

by Ari Daniel

The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.

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North Carolina Mosquito Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

2:43pm August 13, 2019

by Associated Press

Officials say a mosquito in North Carolina has tested positive for West Nile virus.

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator, by Timothy C. Winegard

In 'The Mosquito,' Humans Face A Predator More Deadly Than The Rest

4:38pm August 12, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Timothy C. Winegard has written a well-researched work of narrative nonfiction that offers a history of the world through the role that mosquitoes — and mosquito-borne illnesses — have played in it.

The people-plaguing Asian tiger mosquito, or Aedes albopictus, typically lays its eggs in stagnant water.

Building A Better Mosquito Trap — One Scientist Thinks He's Done It

6:40pm September 25, 2018

by Joe Palca

A researcher in Australia has invented a low-tech, insecticide-free trap that might be able to reduce bites from a particularly pesky mosquito in some neighborhoods.

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First West Nile Virus-Related Death Reported In North Carolina

3:50pm July 24, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

One person has died from West Nile virus in North Carolina. Health officials say it's also the first confirmed case in 2018.

A Miami-Dade County mosquito control worker sprays around a home in August 2016 in the Wynwood area of Miami. A University of Florida study recently identified the first known human case of the mosquito-borne Keystone virus.

Keystone Virus Makes Jump From Mosquitoes To Human For First Time

11:42pm June 21, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The first known human case of the virus was identified in a Florida teen after a year of tests. Known symptoms include fever and a severe rash, but it's unclear if it causes brain inflammation.

An Anopheles mosquito — the only kind that can spread malaria — feeds on a human. On Monday, a 4-year-old girl died of the disease in Italy, where malaria was thought to have been eradicated.

In A Case That Is 'Almost Impossible,' Girl Dies Of Malaria In Italy

2:45pm September 05, 2017

by Amy Held

"It's a mystery," said one health official. Italy was declared malaria-free in 1970. Officials will try to determine how and where the 4-year-old was infected.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in various stages of development displayed in Brazil in 2016.

To Shrink Mosquito Population, Scientists Are Releasing 20 Million Mosquitoes

4:51pm July 21, 2017

by James Doubek

Scientists plan to release millions of sterile, male bacteria-infected mosquitoes in California, to breed with wild females. They're hoping for a "steep decline" in the species that carries Zika.

Joseph Blackman, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, at work in Miami. Mosquitoes infected with Zika are now spreading the illness in at least four different parts of the city, according to federal health officials.

Zika May Be In The U.S. To Stay

5:18pm October 26, 2016

by Greg Allen

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now urges pregnant women to "consider postponing travel to all parts of Miami-Dade County." Zika is on the way to becoming an endemic disease in the U.S.

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A city worker in San Juan, Puerto Rico, cleans up a vacant lot where mosquitoes could be breeding.

Puerto Rico's Efforts To Stop Zika Are Hampered By Mistrust

3:29pm August 10, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

Puerto Rico has more reported cases of Zika than many other places in the region, and the number of cases continues to rise. Unfortunately, Zika is just one of the island's many problems.

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