Author: Sarah Spencer

From Washington University in St. Louis March 24, 2021 The Zika virus that ravaged the Americas, leaving many babies with permanent brain damage, may have a silver lining. The virus…

From SCVNews.com March 22, 2021 As Southern California residents, water conservation is part of our lifestyle and rain barrels are an easy way to capture rainwater for future use. However,…

From WTSP March 17, 2021 FLORIDA, USA — A new study from the University of Florida found that mosquitoes that carry and transmit the Zika virus have shown resistance to insecticides designed…

From the Cache Valley Daily March 17, 2021 LOGAN —  While most people consider mosquitos an annoying pest according to pest control jacksonville fl, Utah State University Assistant Biology Professor…

From the National Institutes of Health March 10, 2021 The mosquito protein AEG12 strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Zika and weakly…

From EurekAlert! February 25, 2021 ROCKVILLE, MD – The Zika outbreak of 2015 and 2016 is having lasting impacts on children whose mothers became infected with the virus while they…

From Palo Alto Online February 25, 2021 On Friday, Santa Clara County plans to hover over the Palo Alto Flood Basin — an area known to be a mosquito breeding…

From MedicalXpress February 16, 2021 The Zika virus candidate, Ad26.ZIKV.001, a replication-incompetent human adenovirus serotype 26 (ad26) vector showed promising safety and immunogenicity in a phase I clinical trial. Researchers…

From UC San Diego February 11, 2021 Despite the broad notoriety of sharks, snakes, scorpions and other formidable creatures, mosquitoes remain the deadliest animal on the planet… by far. Mosquito-transmitted…

From EurekAlert! February 3, 2021 Tampa, FL (Feb. 3, 2021) — A preclinical study by a University of South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College of Medicine research team has discovered a…

From Cal State Fullerton February 2, 2021 With no treatment or cure for West Nile virus — spread through the bite of an infected mosquito — Cal State Fullerton undergraduate…

From Business Ghana January 31, 2021 A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. The larvae…

From EurekAlert! January 26, 2021 COLUMBIA, Mo. – In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic a “public health emergency of international concern” due to the virus…

From 16 News Now January 22, 2021 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – While the world is in a rush to find a way to kill off COVID-19, another virus is…

From Yahoo News January 7, 2021   The Zika virus came seemingly out of nowhere and broke all the rules. Here’s a look at the plot twists during the first…

From EurekAlert January 7, 2021 New treatments to cut the global death rate from dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses could result from research led by The University of Queensland.…

From Physicians Weekly December 31, 2020 Flaviviruses bear class II fusion proteins as their envelope (E) proteins. Here, we describe the development of an in vitro quantitative mosquito-cell-based membrane-fusion assay…

From the UC Santa Cruz News Center December 16, 2020 For over ten years, Ali Yanik has been working to develop novel biosensor technology to provide rapid, low-cost testing for…

From EurekAlert! December 16, 2020 Scientists have developed a novel smartphone-based technique to diagnose viral infections that uses a deep learning algorithm to identify viruses in metal nanoparticle-labeled samples, enabling…

From EurekAlert! December 10, 2020 The Zika virus can remain in mouse brain for extended periods, leading to long-term neurological and behavioral consequences, according to a study published December 10…

From EurekAlert! December 10, 2020 Flaviviruses — a group of viruses transmitted by ticks or mosquitoes — infect an estimated 400 million people annually with diseases like yellow fever, Dengue…

From Gilmore Health News December 6, 2020 A study of 3,000 children during an outbreak in Nicaragua showed that those previously infected with dengue were less likely to develop Zika…

From MedicalXpress December 4, 2020 Anopheles malaria mosquitoes in Africa and Latin America are evolving in response to human activity, studies in both continents have found. Anopheles gambiae, the most…

From the NIH November 23, 2020 In 2015, hundreds of children were born with brain deformities resulting from a global outbreak of Zika virus infections. Recently, National Institutes of Health…

From Pasadena Now November 23, 2020 he current surge in COVID-19 cases is renewing public anxiety about the virus, but experts say they want to put people’s minds at ease…

From KGET November 19, 2020 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Health officials say they have diagnosed a fourth case of West Nile virus in Kern County. California health officials announced the…

From The Horse November 18, 2020 On Nov. 13, officials at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) confirmed a horse in Sacramento County with West Nile virus (WNV). The…

From VOA News November 16, 2020 The high-pitched whine of a mosquito is annoying, but scientists have developed an app that uses that sound to detect dangerous mosquitoes. Mosquitoes kill…

From the Laguna Beach Independent November 12, 2020 Laguna Beach residents are reporting an uptick in ravenous ankle-biting mosquitos following recent rainstorms, the Orange County Vector Control District shared this…

From Bio Med Central November 10th, 2020 Background Wolbachia bacteria are widely distributed throughout terrestrial arthropod species. These bacteria can manipulate reproduction and influence the vector competence of their hosts. Recently, Wolbachia have…