Tag: medical entomology

Yvonne‑Marie Linton Named Director of UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory 

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
July 15, 2026

Internationally respected mosquito- and vector-borne disease expert Yvonne-Marie Linton has been chosen as the new director for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: AI Insect Identification, Biomedical Research, Blog Community, Chikungunya, Dengue Prevention, Disease Surveillance, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Entomology, Featured, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Florida Public Health, FMEL, Global Health, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Integrated Pest Management, Medical Entomology, Mosquito Prevention, Mosquito Research, Mosquito-borne Diseases, News, One Health, Oropouche Virus, Public Health Research, Smithsonian Institution, UF IFAS Research Leadership, Uf Research, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University Of Florida, Vector Control, Vector-borne Diseases, Vero Beach Florida, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, West Nile Virus, Yvonne-Marie Linton, Zika Virus Research

Mosquitoes aplenty this July Fourth bring disease concerns for North Florida

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 1, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Recent weeks of heavy rain have left conditions statewide ripe for a Fourth of July rife with mosquitoes. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Culex Nigripalpus, DEET, Eastern Equine Encaphalitis, EEE, Entomology And Nematology, Jonathan Day, Medical Entomology, Mosquitoes, Ochlerotatus Infirmatus, Picaridin, Roxanne Collelly, Virus

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