This innovative approach directly targets female mosquitoes, which are responsible for transmitting diseases such as malaria, dengue, and Zika, rather than their larvae or offspring. The new ...

Dengue virus can be isolated by the inoculation of diagnostic samples into mosquitoes, cell culture (using mosquito cell lines ... assays that target non-structural protein 1 (NS1) have shown ...

The increase in temperature and presence of stagnant water boost mosquito populations, raising the risk of diseases like malaria and dengue ... less attracted to the target, or causes them ...

Three of the four stages of the mosquito life cycle ... as the serotypes of the dengue virus are genetically quite distinct, making it difficult for one vaccine to target all four.

Moreover, the toxic proteins used are designed to be harmless to mammals and other non-target ... against mosquito-borne diseases. Models predict a 40 to 60% reduction in blood bites, a key factor in ...

Beach and Maselko explored whether they could target disease-spreading female insects ... their ability to suppress populations of Aedes aegypti, a mosquito species that transmits dengue and Zika ...

Researchers from Macquarie University in Australia introduced a new 'biological pest control' which is targeting a way to reduce mosquito reproduction ... to humans like dengue, malaria ...

Thousands of residents have been warned to cover up as one Aussie city continues to battle a “super-charged mosquito breeding ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for ... If much more common viruses like dengue virus also target ANKLE2, why don't they also cause the microcephaly seen in Zika virus infection?

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that ... If much more common viruses like dengue virus also target ANKLE2, why don’t they also cause the microcephaly seen in Zika virus ...