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 ...

With a grant award from the American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund, Utah State University ecologist Norah Saarman and her students are using morphology, DNA testing and machine learning ...

What species is being targeted ... A different group, known as culex mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting West nile virus, and are not part of the sterile male pilot program.

Culex quinquefasciatus, the most-trapped mosquito species in the area and the variety ... Oxborough said mosquitoes can survive the arid conditions here because of human constructions such as ...

Culex mosquitoes have plagued Dhaka since winter's end, with residents frustrated by the persistent bites. City dwellers allege that the increased Culex mosquito infestation is due to the lack of ...

Published in Nature, the team describe the difficulty of filming Culex Mosquitos which flap their ... have a much lower reliance on it than other species. The second two are a trailing edge ...

There are more than 3,500 mosquito species worldwide ... that are about the same length as their main mouthpart. Culex pipiens mosquitoes can spread the Japanese Encephalitis virus, West Nile ...