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Unlocking the heat in mosquito modeling: Exploring disease transmission under climate change


February 26, 2024

Thermal adaptation is the ability for organisms to adjust their life history traits as the temperature changes. In the case of mosquitoes, these traits can determine their risk of transmitting mosquito-borne diseases and how this risk might ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Aedes Aegypti, CDC, Chikungunya Virus, Climate Change, Dengue, Environment, Invasion Science, Invasion Science Research Institute, ISRI, Malaira, Modeling, Models, Mosquito, Mosquito-borne Disease, National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Nina Dennington, Thermal Adaptation, Thermal Tolerance, UF/IFAS Research, Yellow Fever Mosquito, Zika

UF/IFAS study: New mosquito species reported in Florida


March 22, 2023

Another new mosquito species has made its way across the tropics into Florida, making a permanent home in at least three counties. Scientists are concerned because of the rate of new mosquitoes arriving in Florida and the potential for them ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Aedes Aegypti, Aedes Albopictus, Climate Change, Collier Mosquito Control District, Culex, Culex Lactator, Culex Quinquefasciatus, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Florida Mosquito COntrol Districts, Lawrence Reeves, Lee County Mosquito Control District, Miami-Dade Mosquito Control District, Mosquito Control District, Mosquito Research, Mosquito-borne Disease, Mosquitos, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, New Mosquito Species, News, St. Louis Encephalitis, West Nile Virus, Zika

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