Posts Tagged: Aedes aegypti
Mosquitoes Are in the News Three-Fold at UC Davis and Here's Why!
Mosquitoes are in the news three-fold at the University of California, Davis. First, there's the...
Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that transmits dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika viruses. (CDC Photo)
Interest Spiking in the May 26th UC Davis Zika Public Awareness Symposiun
The Zika virus is "scarier than we initially thought." So screamed a recent USA Today headline in...
Planning the symposium are (front, from left) Esmeralda Curiel, Irene Orellano Bonilla, Nepheli Neeta Aji, Amarita Singh, Professor Walter Leal, Nida Ahmed, Leah Uto and Navjot Grewal. In the second row (from left) are John Tenorio, Mahmoud Jabaieh, Holly Vickery, Justin Hildebrand (back), Savannah Tobin, Christian Wirawan (back), Justin Hwang, James Warwick and Andre Tran. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What You Should Know About the Zika Virus
The (Zika) virus is here, and so is the mosquito. The question is whether there will be enough of...
Zika Flyer
Are Culex Mosquitoes Potential Vectors of the Zika Virus?
Scientists throughout the world targeted the Zika virus, transmitted by the yellow fever mosquito,...
UC Davis chemical ecologist and mosquito researcher Walter Leal (front), confers with Constancia Ayres (far right, in black) and Rosângela Barbosa (center), faculty members in the Department of Entomology, FIOCRUZ-Recife. Both are Leal colloborators.
Dengue: Yes, You Can Get It Again
Medical entomologists are learning more and more about Aedes aegypti, the daytime-biting mosquito...
Aedes aegypti, the daytime-biting mosquito that prefers human blood. (CDC Photo)