That is mosquito larvae from the Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever mosquitoes. They can carry debilitating diseases like dengue, ...

There are four types of dengue virus, and they belong to a class of viruses known as flaviviruses – the family that also includes the West Nile, yellow fever, and Zika viruses. Dengue, transmitted ...

(KKCO) - Aedes ... new mosquito species in the area. Moore also tells us the Grand River Mosquito Control District is ...

Dylan Rees delves into how new research involving sterilised male mosquitos could benefit humans in preventing the spread of diseases.

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 ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, a U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board stationed in Cuba, headed by Major Walter Reed, confirmed a theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay about the role of mosquitoes in ...

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are known to spread deadly diseases to humans such dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. Only female mosquitoes bite humans because they need blood to produce eggs.

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 ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, a U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board stationed in Cuba, headed by Major Walter Reed, confirmed a theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay about the role of mosquitoes in ...

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 ...

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 ...