... their bodies, allowing them to withstand exposure to a broad range of insecticides, she said.
"There's a lot out there that still has to be learned about mosquito populations in the wild," she said.
... has coined "reverse chemical ecology," involves studying olfaction after identifying attractants.
Mosquito populations are typically monitored with two traps: the conventional carbon dioxide traps ...
... Science, said Cornell associate professor of entomology and mosquito expert Laura Harrington, a co-senior ... provide new ways to better control of mosquito populations in places where yellow and dengue ...
... may be a landmark finding in malaria prevention when applied to the evaluation of wild mosquito populations. "Routine use of these molecular markers for resistance will provide early warning of ...
... as a pleasant surprise since it essentially means that we one day could spread this trait in natural mosquito populations using genetic modification. Furthermore, by activating Rel 2, the genetically ...
... peaks which lead to disease outbreaks in human populations," Associate Professor Bradshaw says.
In salt-loving species like the Aedes vigilax mosquito, populations tend to peak after very high ...
... is a naturally-occurring organism found in a particular species of fruit fly which, if successfully introduced into mosquito populations, could potentially help us fight a number of the world's most ...
... may allow each to be used at lower levels, and slow the development of resistance in the mosquito population. The results suggest that combining fungal biopesticides and ITNs may be an efficient and ...
... at low mosquito densities, SIT might be just the thing to deliver the final blow to mosquito populations and to completely remove malaria from a given area".
SIT involves the generation of 'sterile' ...
... reason why pregnant yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti), one of the most important disease transmitters ... might help control yellow fever mosquito populations in equatorial locations around the globe ...
... first time New York City sprayed mosquito populations to prevent the spread of West Nile virus ... die off. In 2001, while searching for the mosquito toxins in lobsters, he instead found alkyphenols.
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... aspects of West Nile virus infections in nature so that we can try to control the disease by managing mosquito populations."
Diagnosing West Nile encephalitis in ill horses helps to identify areas ...
... dengue fever vector, the mosquito Aedes aegypti. In a study publishing online Jan. 28 ... Australian findings are likely to apply to other worldwide mosquito populations as well.
Porter and his colleagues ...
... Each year, malaria – spread through mosquito bites – kills around a million people ... study the impact of late-acting insecticides on mosquito populations, the researchers constructed a mathematical model ...
Scientists are expanding a method that uses larvae-eating fish to contain mosquito populations, which could be used in tackling malaria.
