The image can then be ... "one-stop shop" to view all the mosquito observations throughout the world, Carney said. Some of ...

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates that biofilms clinging to the inside of bathroom showerheads can harbor up to 100 times the levels of pathogens found in background ...

Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...

The ReVAMPP network will support monoclonal antibody and vaccine research on pathogens from many different groups of viruses, including those shown here: hantavirus, yellow fever virus ...

We caught up with Dr. Yvonne Linton to talk about what it’s like managing the Smithsonian’s almost 2 million mosquito specimens ... potentially carrying pathogens from their original home.

The father-of-four contracted eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), the West Nile virus and St Louis encephalitis, presumably from a mosquito carrying all three pathogens. Doctors were shocked ...

A female mosquito begins to bite a person’s hand. Mosquito-borne illnesses are a growing concern in Northeastern states. (Tom Ervin/Getty Images ... by mosquitoes carrying the virus.

"Climate change … has a direct impact as well as some indirect impact [on] mosquitoes, as well as diseases that they will ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. If you took a glance around Anthony James’s office, it wouldn’t be hard to guess what he does for a living.

Failing to take a proactive stance against these emerging viral pathogens assumes an unacceptable risk. Estimates are that dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses will spread throughout the United ...

The pesky insects cause annoying, itchy bites, but the real problem is their potential to carry and spread diseases. Only certain species of mosquitoes ... They can transmit pathogens and viruses ...

“They don’t vector, or directly transmit, diseases like a tick or mosquito ... drain or sewer carrying germs, then walk across food or food preparation surfaces.” They also can defecate or regurgitate ...