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A brain area of Aedes aegypti responds specifically to components of human sebum, a study finds.

Pregnant mosquito females deploy the microbe Elizabethkingia to speed larval growth; the larvae, in turn, help the bacteria outcompete other strains.

Randomized, controlled research conducted in an Indonesian city confirms the reduction in cases seen with previous observational work.

After years of push back, the first batch of Oxitec’s engineered mosquitoes, designed to reduce population numbers, have been released in the Keys.

Aedes scapularis is already established on the peninsula, and researchers predict that its population will continue to spread.

In both Drosophila and mosquitoes, protection lasts for generations following a single maternal exposure to positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses.

A study explains how Zika was present among mosquitoes in Africa for decades without causing the harm to human health seen outside the continent in recent years.

Cases of dengue were greatly reduced in areas of a city where Wolbachia-infected mosquitos were released, according to preliminary data from a field study.

Aedes aegypti infected with Wolbachia—which inhibit transmission of the dengue virus from insect to human—were deployed in Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, and Australia.

The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

Researchers use two techniques—Wolbachia infection and irradiation—to suppress reproduction in populations of Asian tiger mosquitoes at two study sites in China.

The US government has approved the deployment of the lab-raised insects to eliminate the Zika- and dengue-transmitting Asian tiger mosquito.

A review of several dozen hospitalized patients in Brazil finds neurological conditions, including inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, in addition to Guillain-Barre syndrome.

The bacterium causes eggs to die, and spreading treated insects is expected to curb Aedes aegypti populations.

Jack Woodall, an epidemiologist and former columnist at The Scientist, cofounded the infectious disease outbreak reporting system ProMED. 

Officials postpone the launch of an experimental program aimed at reducing local mosquito populations with genetically modified insects.

Four individuals acquired the virus in a region of north Miami, health officials report. 

Possible case of locally acquired infection in Florida; experimental vaccine approved for US clinical trials

The inflammation may make it easier for viruses like Zika to replicate in a host, according to a mouse study.