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image - Abdullah Alomar is a doctoral candidate at Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory who led a story on insecticide resistance in juvenile Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and impacts on Zika transmission rates.

Insecticide targeting juvenile mosquitoes can enhance Zika transmissions

by Lourdes Mederos
November 4, 2021

Insecticide resistance among the Aedes aegypti mosquito remains a source of frustration for public health and mosquito control agencies, medical entomologists and ecologists. Known as the yellow fever mosquito, this species poses a public ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Abdullah Alomar, Aedes Aegypti, Barry Alto, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Mosquito, Mosquito Research, UF IFAS News, UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS Study: Does paternal health status in mosquitoes influence maternal offspring results?

by Lourdes Mederos
April 20, 2021

VERO BEACH, Fla. – Scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are one step closer to learning the factors that ultimately lead to characteristic differences in mosquito offspring – a key takeaway ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aedes Aegypti, Barry Alto, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Mosquito, UF IFAS News, UF/IFAS

Zika-infected mosquitoes harboring insecticide-resistance, UF/IFAS study shows

by Lourdes Mederos
March 16, 2021

Mosquitoes that can spread the Zika virus are showing resistance to insecticides, according to the latest study published by UF/IFAS scientists at the Florida Medical Entomology Lab. To date, only two other studies have explored the impact ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aedes Aegypti, Barry Alto, Casey Parker-Crockett, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, FMEL, Zika Virus

Yellow Fever, Asian Tiger Mosquitoes Both Adept at Transmitting Zika

by Brad Buck
April 25, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Yellow fever and Asian tiger mosquitoes found in Florida -- and infected with the Zika virus -- are good at transmitting the virus, new University of Florida research shows. Zika can make people sick and in rare cases may ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aedes Aegypti, Aedes Albpictus, Barry Alto, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Rebecca Zimler, Zika Virus

UF Researchers Zero in on Potential Threat of New Mosquito Virus

by Brad Buck
July 17, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A virus responsible for an illness outbreak in Venezuela is spreading to other parts of the Americas, says a University of Florida scientist who is closely monitoring the Mayaro virus. Most recently, the virus was found ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Asian Tiger Mosquito, Barry Alto, Emerging Virus, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Mayaro Virus, News, South America, Yellow Fever Mosquito

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