Tag: West Nile

Climate, genetics can affect how long virus-carrying mosquitoes live

Posted: July 9, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s just math: The longer a mosquito lives, the better its odds of transmitting disease to humans or animals. But as it turns out, factors such as the mosquito’s own genetics and the climate it… Read More

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research

Tags: Barry Alto, Entomology and Nematology, mosquitoes, West Nile

Mosquito threat emerges as season peaks, UF researchers report

by BLOGS.IFAS2

Posted: August 30, 2011

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mosquitoes aren’t just a nuisance, they’re also an economic and health concern, say University of Florida researchers. July, August, and September are peak months for mosquito… Read More

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS

Tags: dengue, Eastern equine encephalitis, entomology, Entomology and Nematology, Florida, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Jonathan Day, Key West, mosquito, Roxanne Connelly, St. Louis encephalitis, University of Florida, Vero Beach, West Nile

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