This Weird, Fleshy Novel Is Exactly What You Need Right Now
Dengue Boy,’ a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth, is unsettling and ...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why
The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...
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Hijacking of plasmin by dengue virus for infection
Biological scientists have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the permeability of the mosquito midgut for infection.
How dengue virus infections hijack human plasmin
Biological scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope ...
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Mosquitoes Adapt to a Warming Environment
Genetic alterations may help mosquitoes adjust to climate change, shifting the distribution of mosquito-borne disease in a ...
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Collier's mosquito control pilots a program to reduce the insects through X-ray sterilization
The method involves using low-dose X-rays to render male mosquitoes unable to reproduce. Male mosquitoes don't bite and won’t have contact with people or spread disease.