Sentences with phrase «aegypti mosquitoes»

The key finding is that that three out of five DDT - resistant Aedes aegypti mosquitoes avoid huts sprayed with DDT.

Franc, M., et al., Efficacy of dinotefuran, permethrin and pyriproxyfen combination spot - on against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes on dogs.

The researchers injected laboratory - grown Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread the virus, with Zika and tracked its spread to their offspring.

Researchers involved in the initiative are developing, among other things, a way to search high - resolution satellite images to detect the «container» habitats preferred by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, said Paul Bieringer, PhD, a scientist with NCAR's National Security Applications Program.

Bieringer said that satellites are now capable of providing clear images of relatively small objects on the ground, allowing researchers to employ sophisticated computer programs to scan these images and identify potential hotspots capable of harboring large populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

But Eisen cautioned that, as is being seen in Arizona, it will take more than just the presence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to cause a dengue outbreak.

The current study — conducted in three neighborhoods of Merida, Mexico — measured the efficacy of indoor residual spraying against adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in houses treated with either deltamethrin (to which the local mosquitoes expressed a high degree of resistance) or bendiocarb (another insecticide to which the mosquitoes were fully susceptible), as compared to untreated control houses.

That's one conclusion from a new study that tested 11 types of repellents on Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — the vectors of Zika, yellow fever, dengue, and other diseases.

The mosquitoes were developed by Oxitec, a U.K. biotech firm that aims to fight dengue by releasing massive numbers of «genetically sterile» male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

In a study published in the Science Express, the scientists identify a male - determining genetic switch called Nix in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that underlies the difference between males and females.

Among Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, thought to be the main species spreading Zika in the Americas, at least one out of every 290 lab offspring catches the virus from its mother, Texas researchers say August 29 in the Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

The virus is primarily spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which live in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.

Arizona has a lot of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, another invasive mosquito species, but no dengue, which it can often carry, Mary Hayden, a scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said.

Scientists had predicted that Zika would gain a foothold in Florida this year, based on the heavy volume of travel from Latin America and the presence of A. aegypti mosquitoes that can transmit the virus.

«If a Zika outbreak occurs in a metropolitan area like Miami, the only way to prevent infection is to avoid the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry the virus.

«If Zika breaks out here, we will have to do whatever we can to reduce the number of adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes right away, and a single insecticide application isn't going to do it.»

«Biochemical networks mapped in midgut of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.»

«What's more, researchers have shown that while relatively rare, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are able to transmit Zika to their offspring, a mechanism allowing the virus to survive from one season to the next.»

WAR ON BUGS Attempts 50 years ago to conquer disease - carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (larvae shown) in the United States failed, largely due to dwindling resources and America's resistance to pesticides in a post — Silent Spring world.

aegypti mosquitoes in the U.S. is primarily caused by lifestyle and living infrastructure associated to socioeconomic conditions, these could be threatened by massive natural disasters, or any other event that disrupts current infrastructure,» they write.

The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that are believed to spread Zika virus can be found all over the southern United States.

Genetic cues from male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes passed on during sex affect which genes are turned on or off in a females» reproductive tract post-mating, including genes related to blood feeding, egg development and immune defense, according to new Cornell research.

Scientists are currently testing the bacterium as a potential foil against the master vector — the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — that infect humans with dengue fever, Zika among other diseases.

«Anywhere with these vectors — Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and to some degree Aedes albopictus — could get this virus and have local transmission,» says Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist and expert in mosquito - borne diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dopamine modulation of host learning in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Vinauger and colleagues wafted odors over Aedes aegypti mosquitoes during 10 rounds of 30 - second educational shaking in a small cage.

aegypti mosquitoes can learn to associate even certain yucky odors with something positive, Vinauger and colleagues already reported in 2014.

GENETICALLY modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes could provide a potent new weapon against dengue fever, a disease which infects 50 million people annually and kills 25,000.

Chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses are transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which live in tropical, subtropical, and in some temperate climates.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes transmit dengue, chikungunya, and zika viruses.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes engineered with some built - in parts of the gene editor have their guide RNA split into two parts and put on different chromosomes, says molecular biologist Omar Akbari of the University of California, San Diego.

Cornell University scientists [Peter M. Piermarini, et al] have been trying to disrupt the life cycle of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread dengue fever.

But just last week, Dan Kass, the city's deputy health commissioner, said the chance of an outbreak in the city is low because the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transport Zika do not live in the area.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sit in a petri dish at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil on January 27, 2016.

Oxitec's Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have been genetically engineered to carry two foreign genes.

That's because aegypti mosquitoes are not the sole food source of any animal, nor are they a pollinator for any plants.

To stop Zika's spread, a company called Oxitec is planning on expanding its genetically engineered mosquito project to try to rid areas in Brazil of the bug at the heart of the problem: the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Creese said Oxitec is planning on building out its project in Piracicaba, Brazil, an area that's particularly hard hit by viruses stemming from the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

In the Fresno experiment — the largest one of its kind in the US so far — the Debug Project is targeting the Aedes aegypti mosquito, an aggressive invasive species that can transmit nasty diseases like dengue, Zika, and chikungunya.

He said more than 27,000 people in the country were affected by the illness and dengue and chikungunya, two other diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

The World Health Organisation has said that up to 46 countries have reported some level of evidence of Zika infection and that 130 countries are home to the Aedis aegypti mosquito which carries the virus, meaning the eventual spread of the disease could be enormous

Jing Helmersson shows in her doctoral dissertation that if climate change is held within the framework of the Paris agreement on a maximum of two degrees of warming, the Aedes aegypti mosquito will only be provided the potential to spread in southern small regions of Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.

Many people might not have heard of the Aedes aegypti mosquito until this past year, when the mosquito, and the disease it can carry — Zika — began to make headlines.

Zika virus, which is sweeping through the Americas, is transmitted primarily by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which the U.N. health body has described as an «opportunistic and tenacious menace».

The bacterium, Wolbachia, is not naturally found in the Aedes aegypti mosquito, but researchers with Eliminate Dengue have found that when they infect mosquitoes with the bacteria in the lab, it prevents them from transmitting dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever.

And, if history repeats itself, as winter approaches and cold weather reduces populations of the Aedes aegypti mosquito — Zika's main vector — this transmission likely will stop and resurface late next spring.

Zika virus is carried and transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can also be spread during sex.

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito, one of the two species that spreads chikungunya virus, is shown feeding.

Ithaca, NY — Flying around on a miniature leash made from a single strand of her human handler's hair, a female Aedes aegypti mosquito gravitates toward the love song of a prospective mate.

In their forthcoming paper in the Journal of Medical Entomology, «Factors of Concern Regarding Zika and Other Aedes aegypti - Transmitted Viruses in the United States,» Max J. Moreno - Madriñán of the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis and independent research entomologist Michael Turell argue that a leading factor in outbreaks of Zika, yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya — all transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito — is low socioeconomic conditions in developing countries.