Nebraska: Zika, dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti, seen for 1st time in state
Nebraska state health officials are reporting for the first time the identification of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the state. State and local officials discovered this mosquito in York County. Image/CDC Aedes More...
Virginia Tech researchers develop chromosome map for Aedes aegypti, compare to Anopheles for disease prevention
Virginia Tech entomologists have developed a chromosome map for about half of the genome of the mosquito Aedes agypti, the major carrier of dengue fever and yellow fever. A female Aedes aegypti mosquitoImage/CDC With More...
Rhode Island is the latest US state to record imported chikungunya cases
The Rhode Department of Health (HEALTH) has confirmed two cases of chikungunya virus infection involving travelers who returned from the Dominican Republic on May 17 and May 29, 2014 after presenting to local physicians More...
Florida: Dengue fever is ever present in the Sunshine State, Is chikungunya next?
Florida saw dengue fever for the first time in four decades in 2009 when the mosquito borne virus made its appearance in October of that year in Key West. Broward County FloridaImage/David Benbennick Since that More...
Chikungunya total on St. Maarten increases to 10
The number of confirmed chikungunya fever cases reported on the Dutch Side of the island of St. Martin has jumped to 10, prompting health officials to start a country-wide clean up starting Saturday, according to More...
What is yellow fever?
Yellow fever is a mosquito borne virus that once caused major epidemics in large cities of this country like Philadelphia and New Orleans. Due to good mosquito control and public health practice, the last epidemic More...
Fresno County reports first human West Nile case, mosquito that carries dengue and yellow fever detected
Fresno County, California health officials are reporting the first human West Nile virus case in a Riverdale woman, making her the second case reported state-wide, according to a Fresno Bee report Friday. Female More...
