They’re small, spindly insects but their threat never dwindles – the bites of mosquitoes threaten death and disease in many parts of the world.
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There's something about mosquitoes that means they don't get sick from the infections they carry. So can we turn that function off, genetically?
We monitor mosquitoes to help predict and control virus outbreaks. And a new technique for collecting mosquito saliva from the field has made the process both more sensitive and inexpensive.
Could climate change cause mosquito-borne diseases to spread? While this an extremely important health question, the answer is far from simple.
The UK's recent heatwave is perfect for mosquito breeding but something far more dangerous may be coming.
The federal government's recent White Paper on developing northern Australia has disturbing echoes of the 1890s, a time when unbridled capitalism and indentured labour developed the North.
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.
The east coast of Australia is currently experiencing one of its worst outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease in years.
Mosquitoes need blood to survive. And what better place to get a good meal than a slow, tasty human. Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying. Every year around 5,000 Australians get sick following a mosquito bite…
More than 8,000 people have died from Ebola in West Africa since February 2014 and it has spread beyond the three countries initially affected. So, it’s an epidemic, right? Or is it an outbreak? What about…
An Australian native mosquito has for the first time been detected in urban California, in the latest wave of mozzies hitching…
Football fever may not be the only thing spreading when hundreds of thousands of sports fans converge on Brazil for the FIFA World Cup this June and July. Mass events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth…
Dangerous Asian Tiger mosquitoes have established populations on the Torres Strait islands of Waiben and Ngurupia, according…
Dengue is caused by four different serotypes (strains) of the dengue virus that can cause mild to severe illness in people, who are infected via mosquito bites. Dengue has been spreading through most urbanised…
Detecting dengue virus-carrying mosquitoes will become easier following the development of a portable detection tool. The…
A dengue fever-causing virus turns on genes in mosquitoes which not only increases their hunger, but makes them more adept…
Mosquito-borne diseases remain one of the greatest global threats to human health. Genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes hold great potential to reduce the burden of disease but as research moves from the…
Researchers have developed a mosquito vaccine to control the spread of deadly diseases by the insects. Scientists have discovered…
By infecting mosquitoes with bacteria from flies that commonly live in kitchen fruit bowls, researchers have stopped the…
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Cameron Webb is a Friend of The Conversation.Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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