Simple as they are, even mosquito nets generate complicated numbers games. Only one answer is easy: more are needed.
Summer reminds us that one of the most useful tools for preventing mosquito bites is insect repellent. Scientists have shown that a computer modeling program that looks at compounds' chemical ...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Authorities in Arizona are stepping up a program to put mosquito-gobbling minnows into the stagnant pools of foreclosed or abandoned homes to prevent an outbreak of West Nile virus ...
... developed for the CYP6Z1 proteins in "sensitive" and "resistant" strains of A. gambiae mosquitoes, the researchers found that, from a three-dimensional perspective, the CYP6Z1 proteins were not ...
As floodwaters subside in parts of the Midwest, residents along the Mississippi River are urged to defend themselves against another hazard: mosquitoes bearing West Nile virus.
A naturally-occurring compound prepared from pine oil that seems to deter mosquito biting and repels two kinds of ticks has been developed. This newly-discovered repellent can be prepared ...
First came the floods — now the mosquitoes. An explosion of pesky insects are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest.
Toronto health officials say they have found the summer's first case of West Nile virus in a mosquito.
Researchers have identified some of the chemical cues in water that determine where a mosquito will choose to lay its eggs.
... study imply that the current strategy of dengue control — reducing Aedes mosquitoes — may not necessarily be beneficial.
Additionally, the researchers developed computer simulation software based ...
... , Aug. 18, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
"We found that mosquitoes can smell DEET and they stay away from it," said noted chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor of ...
... have identified a previously unknown virus that is infectious to Anopheles gambiae—the mosquito primarily responsible for transmitting malaria. According to the researchers, the discovered virus ...
A new virus that infects the world’s most dangerous mosquito could one day be manipulated to kill it or prevent it from transmitting malaria.
... traps.
"The gravid traps are more important for surveillance," Leal said, "as they capture mosquitoes that have had a blood meal and thus, more opportunity to become infected."
By monitoring ...
... . Entomologists have now prepared a database with information to accurately identify and name almost 157,000 flies, gnats, maggots, midges, mosquitoes and related species in the order Diptera.
