Because the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes live near and prefer to feed on people, they are more likely to spread viral diseases than are the Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Culex mosquitoes are distributed ...

As Science News noted, “Even if the mosquitoes prove competent at passing along Zika, there remain questions of whether their tastes, behavior, and ecology will lead them to actually do so.” ...

"We have also formed an expert committee to oversee the situation," he said. Regarding Culex mosquitoes, Dr Md Emdadul Hoque, health officer of DNCC, said they have strengthened anti-mosquito ...

Health officials have warned people in recently flooded areas of the country to protect against mosquito-borne diseases after ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 87, No. 1 (Mar., 2004), pp. 1-5 (5 pages) Females of four common Culex (Culex) species from Florida were analyzed for isoenzymes using polyacryamide gel electrophoresis.

If you live in the suburbs, you may have noticed a sudden increase in mosquitoes. The reason behind this surge is the Culex mosquito, also known as the nuisance mosquito, which is expected to ...

The dengue outbreak two years ago was the worst that Bangladesh has ever seen, and while the numbers were a marked step down ...

In their lab, they infected Culex mosquitoes with Zika. And then, for a week as the virus incubated inside their study subjects, they held their breath. Finally, the results: “We could not get ...

The malaria-carrying one is mostly the female anopheles mosquito found in humid and low altitude areas, but Nairobi is mostly cold and conducive to Culex mosquitoes, which don’t transmit malaria.

Anopheles mosquitoes have long, thin palps near their mouths that are about the same length as their main mouthpart. Culex pipiens mosquitoes can spread the Japanese Encephalitis virus ...

Culex pipiens f. molestus is found in cities ... Lindy McBride at Princeton University and her colleagues analysed the DNA of 790 mosquitoes from 44 countries around the world, including the ...