vector-borne disease

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

Mosquitoes avoid pesticides that they’ve had close encounters with, a fact that may complicate pest management.

So far, more than 50 people have died of a febrile illness, though the cause isn’t clear.

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

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.

Numerous studies link habitat destruction to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, but the relationship isn’t always clear.