It is transmitted principally by Culex mosquitoes. Birds are the reservoir for the virus and mosquitoes acquire the virus when they feed on infected birds. Depending on the strain of the virus and the ...

F or decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa is seeing an increase in mosquitoes following a wet summer. “As we got into some of the larger rainfall in late June, some of our mosquito populations really exploded ...

A new mosquito species endemic to Sri Lanka has been discovered in Mirigama, raising fresh concerns among health officials as ...

Utah isn't among the worst U.S. states for mosquitoes, yet varied species make themselves at home in the Beehive state. Among these pesky fliers is the Northern House Mosquito, Culex pipiens ...

and three mosquito species Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Aedes aegypti (L.). The weevil constitutes a new experimental host record for helicosporidia. The CsHe isolate ...

As Science News noted, “Even if the mosquitoes prove competent at passing along Zika, there remain questions of whether their tastes, behavior, and ecology will lead them to actually do so.” ...

Nairobi County conducted a survey in 2024 to determine mosquito species in the city: 99 per cent of the mosquitoes collected were of the Culex species – also known as Culicines.” In the survey ...