Mosquito Control Archives

June 13, 2016

Yet Another Disease Spread by Mosquitos

Those insatiable mosquitos have done it once again. They’ve added yet another disease to the growing list of illnesses they can infect us humans with when they choose to make a meal out of our sweet blood. In recent years…

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June 8, 2016

WATCH: Mosquitoes Use 6 Needles To Suck Your Blood

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June 7, 2016

Genetically Altered Mosquitos Could Wipe Out Malaria

Genetically Altered Mosquitos Could Wipe Out Malaria Scientists have recently developed two ways to genetically alter the genes of mosquitos so that they could effectively wipe out malaria within one season. Two teams of biologists from the Irvine campus of…

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May 9, 2016

Fungus May Be The Answer To Ending Insect-Borne Disease

Fungus May Be The Answer To Ending Insect-Borne Disease Brian Lovett, a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, College Park, recently won the Fungal Biology and Biotechnology prize for his work on using fungi as a control method for…

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April 8, 2016

Zika Virus Coming to the U.S. in Large #’s?

Zika Virus Coming to the U.S. in Large #’s? Over 300 local, state, and government officials, as well as health experts and non-government partners met at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently to discuss how the U.S.…

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February 11, 2016

The Culprit Behind the Zika Virus

The Culprit Behind the Zika Virus Spring is coming, and that means our good friends the mosquitos will be back in business full time. The Aedes mosquito is causing quite a stir this year, spreading all sorts of fun illnesses…

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