Over the last 20 years, there has been a tenfold increase in reports of dengue—an infectious disease that spreads to humans ...

Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to ...

According to Fumakilla, the peskiest mosquito species on Japan’s main island of Honshu is the “Aedes albopictus.” The critters are more active when temperatures range between 25 and 30 ...

The geographical range of vector-borne diseases, especially diseases such as malaria and dengue, that are transmitted by ...

A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is using computer models to simulate how climate change could expand the ...

Not all mosquito bites cause dengue but when they do the symptoms may appear anywhere between four and ten days later ...

Apr. 12—Highly dense populations of the Aedes albopictus mosquito—a vector of the dengue virus—were found around the resident's home and surrounding area. Another confirmed case of travel ...

Chinese scientists have developed a more natural strategy to prevent mosquito-borne diseases by changing insects gut microbes ...

Depending on where you live, mosquitoes can be a major nuisance. Not only do mosquitoes bite, but they also spread diseases and viruses including malaria, dengue virus, and Zika. Controlling the ...

Researchers have long known that the body's immune system plays a critical role in fighting off chikungunya virus (CHIKV), ...

The Aedes albopictus mosquito carries the virus that causes dengue fever, which can prove fatal. The mosquito is said to thrive in areas where the average annual temperature is 11 degrees or higher.

and Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), which can transmit human diseases. “Mahalo nui kakou for sharing your mana’o and for supporting the Birds, Not Mosquitoes project and the Hawaiian ...