Tag: eastern equine encaphalitis

UF/IFAS Entomologist Urges Precautions Against Mosquito-Borne Viruses

by Brad Buck
September 6, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida entomologist urges Floridians to protect themselves against biting mosquitoes because of unusually high levels of mosquito-borne virus transmission to sentinel chickens, horses and humans so far ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: CDC, DEET, Eastern Equine Encaphalitis, Entomology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Jonathan Day, Mosquitoes, Protective Clothing, Sentinel Chickens, Viruses, West Nile Virus

Mosquito may play key role in transmitting Eastern equine encephalitis in the Southeast

by Brad Buck
April 12, 2016

See caption below article GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A mosquito species that’s very abundant in the Southeast may play a more significant role in transmitting Eastern equine encephalitis than originally thought, according to a University of ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Eastern Equine Encaphalitis, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Nathan Burkett-Cadena

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

UF/IFASNews

UF/IFAS
News