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Tiny bug, major disease spreader. Dr. Paul Howell, USCDCP

May 23, 2017

Infecting mosquitoes with bacteria so they can’t infect us with viruses like Zika and dengue

Several sites in the US are releasing bacteria-infected mosquitoes as a way to fight mosquito-borne viruses that threaten people. What's the science – and how well will it work?

Zika arrives in Brownsville, Texas. Andrei Tudoran/Shutterstock.com

November 30, 2016

Zika has crossed the Rio Grande … now what?

Peter Barlow, Edinburgh Napier University

There are likely to be more Zika cases reported in Texas.

A pickup truck from the Department of Health fumigates in San Juan, Jan. 27, 2016. Alvin Baez/Reuters

October 28, 2016

Why Zika has infected so many people in Puerto Rico

Diana Rojas, University of Florida

It's hard to contain a mosquito-borne infection like Zika when the conditions are ideal for it to spread.

Cages full of hand reared yellow fever mosquitoes await research (or possibly release) Cameron Webb, NSW Health Pathology/University of Sydney

October 27, 2016

Pitting mozzies against mozzies to stop the spread of disease

Cameron Webb, University of Sydney and Nigel Beebe, The University of Queensland

Upscaling the success of emerging mosquito control technologies relies on automating the rearing and release of millions of mosquitoes. Australia is to become the testing ground for a novel strategy.

The outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil had Australian travellers on alert but transmission is only possible in tropical Queensland. Cameron Webb

September 20, 2016

Common Australian mosquitoes can’t spread Zika

Cameron Webb, University of Sydney

New research shows common local mosquitoes aren’t able to spread Zika. This means Australia is unlikely to see a major outbreak of the disease. But a risk remains in northern Queensland.

Most cases of Zika are asymptomatic. Airman Magazine/U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Brandon Shapiro/Flickr

September 13, 2016

Zika virus: Only a few small outbreaks likely to occur in the continental US

Natalie Exner Dean, University of Florida; Alessandro Vespignani, Northeastern University; Elizabeth Halloran, University of Washington, and Ira Longini, University of Florida

A computer model suggests that while more cases of Zika can be expected in the continental U.S. outbreaks will probably be small and are not projected to spread.

*Aedes aegypti*: bringing you Zika, dengue and Chikungunya. Ian Jacobs/Flickr

August 3, 2016

Zika, or dengue and Chikungunya: what should you be worried about at the Rio Olympics?

Joanne Macdonald, University of the Sunshine Coast and Davis Fernandes Ferreira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Zika had already reached 46,000 probable cases by the end of May 2016 and is transmitted by the same mosquito species as dengue and Chikungunya.

Community members visit our insectary and diagnostic laboratory to gain a better understanding about Aedes mosquitoes and Wolbachia.

June 20, 2016

How we convinced people to trust a new innovative approach to eliminate dengue

Adi Utarini, Universitas Gadjah Mada

How do we convince people that spreading Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can eliminate dengue when they have long came to understand that mosquitoes transmit dengue?

*Aedes aegypti* mosquitoes are at the center of Zika virus’ spread. Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters

April 29, 2016

To fight Zika, let’s genetically modify mosquitoes – the old-fashioned way

Jeffrey Powell, Yale University

Look beyond transgenic techniques that add new genes to a species. People have used selective breeding techniques to change plants and animals for millennia – why not try them on mosquitoes?

A book about *Aedes aegypti* mosquitoes is seen next to larvae in a laboratory conducting research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, at the Ministry of Public Health in Guatemala City. Josue Decavele/Reuters

February 23, 2016

Zika: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes love biting humans, and that’s why they spread viruses so well

Megan Wise de Valdez, Texas A&M-San Antonio

Aedes aegypti is adapted to live in close proximity with humans, and this close association likely contributes to the severity of the Zika outbreak.

NASA’s Aqua satellite, carrying sensors used by researchers to measure mosquito-favoring environmental conditions on Earth. NASA

February 15, 2016

How satellites can help control the spread of diseases such as Zika

Max Jacobo Moreno-Madriñán, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Satellite imaging can locate mosquito-friendly environments, allowing us to predict the advance of diseases they carry.

Women read Zika virus flyers at the departures area of Santiago’s international airport, January 28, 2016. Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

February 2, 2016

Zika virus: mosquitoes and travel patterns will determine spread of virus

Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas at Austin

Models based on where the mosquitoes that transmit Zika are found and human travel patterns to and from infected areas are key to predicting where the virus will spread.

Female *Aedes aegypti* mosquitoes transmit dengue fever when enjoying blood meals. James Gathany

June 12, 2015

Modifying mosquitoes to stop transmission of dengue fever

Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College

Annihilate the Aedes aegypti mosquito population and you'd stop dengue fever from infecting up to 100 million people worldwide annually. Here are some high-tech methods under development.

Top contributors

Cameron Webb
Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
Nigel Beebe
Associate professor, The University of Queensland
Peter Barlow
Reader in Immunology and Infection and Director of Research of the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
Joanne Macdonald
Senior Lecturer, Molecular Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast
Marc Zimmer
Professor of Chemistry and author of Illuminating Disease, Connecticut College
Sahotra Sarkar
Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Megan Wise de Valdez
Assistant Professor of Biology, Texas A&M-San Antonio
Max Jacobo Moreno-Madriñán
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Adi Utarini
Professor in Public Health and Project Leader of Eliminate Dengue Project Yogyakarta, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Jeffrey Powell
Professor, Yale University
Davis Fernandes Ferreira
Professor of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Diana Rojas
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Epidemiolgy, University of Florida
Natalie Exner Dean
Postdoctoral Associate in Biostatistics, University of Florida
Ira Longini
Professor & Co-director, Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases, University of Florida
Alessandro Vespignani
Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor, Northeastern University