This day-biting mosquito species, also known as the Aedes aegypti, is capable of transmitting Zika, dengue fever, Chikungunya ...

“It’s the last case of yellow fever you’ll ever see. There’ll be no more deaths from this cause in Panama.” So thoroughly had General Gorgas stamped out Aëdes aegypti mosquitoes and the ...

For instance, ticks can carry Lyme disease, and some mosquitoes can carry yellow fever ... symptoms of dengue fever, which can last for a week or longer. How does an Aedes aegypti mosquito ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. We squash mosquitoes with our enormous hands. We poison-bomb them from spray trucks and airplanes. We irradiate them ...

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they're exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health ...

As Aedes aegypti spread, the district received more mosquito complaints ... such as dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika virus. Raman explained why the district is concerned about dengue ...

‘Aedes aegypti’ mosquitoes spread dengue to people through ... notices related to mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and oropouche, including for Colombia, Cuba, Costa ...

The project aimed to reduce the population of yellow fever-carrying mosquitoes in Queensland, also known as aedes aegypti academically, to prevent mosquito-borne disease outbreak. The species ...

Dengue fever has killed over 2,000 people in ... Six Brazilian municipalities are to receive shortly the first batch of Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes infected with the wolbachia bacteria, a kind ...

Therefore people should be aware of the risks of dengue fever ... Transmission through the mosquito bite The dengue virus is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female mosquitoes, ...