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Breaking News: Zika Virus Found in Wild-Caught Culex

Culex quinquefasciatus, the southern house mosquito,is known for transmitting the West Nile virus, but now the Zika virus has been detected in wild-caught C. quinquefasciatus in Recife, Brazil, the epicenter of the Zika epidemic. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The news is out. It's what they've been searching for. In a groundbreaking discovery, a...

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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2016 at 2:26 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Aedes aegypti (6), chemical ecology (4), Constancia Ayres (2), Culex quinquefasciatus (6), Fiocruz Institute (1), UC Davis (6), Walter Leal (43), Zika virus (4)

Mosquitoes: Out for Blood

Culex quinquefasciatus, also known as the southern house mosquito, with a gut full of blood. Infected Culex mosquitoes can transmit the West Nile virus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's good to see UC Davis mosquito researchers featured in the KQED's science program, "Deep...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 4:45 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Greg Lanzaro (1), KQED Deep Look (1), Lark Coffey (1), mosquitoes (4), Shirley Luckhart (1), Walter Leal (43)

UC Davis Zika Symposium: A Crucial Message

Chemical ecologist Walter Leal, coordinator of the Zika Public Awareness Symposium, addresses the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The seven speakers who addressed the UC Davis Zika Public Awareness Symposium on Thursday, May 26...

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Posted on Monday, May 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Aedes aegypti (6), biochemistry (1), Christian Wirawan (1), entomology (1), Linda P. B. Katehi (1), UC Davis (6), Walter Leal (43), Zika Public Awareness Symposium (1)

Mosquitoes Are in the News Three-Fold at UC Davis and Here's Why!

Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that transmits dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika viruses. (CDC Photo)

Mosquitoes are in the news three-fold at the University of California, Davis. First, there's the...

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Posted on Monday, May 23, 2016 at 4:40 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Aedes aegypti (6), Davis Science Café (1), Gregory Lanzaro (1), mosquitoes (4), Ralph Washington Jr. (1), TEDx Inspiring Talk (1), Walter Leal (43)

Interest Spiking in the May 26th UC Davis Zika Public Awareness Symposiun

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)

The Zika virus is "scarier than we initially thought." So screamed a recent USA Today headline in...

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Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 5:28 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Aedes aegypti (6), UC Davis (6), Walter Leal (43), Zika Public Awareness Symposiium (1), Zika virus (4)

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