Moore also tells us the Grand River Mosquito Control District is planning an urban treatment program if the spread of the ...

This day-biting mosquito species, also known as the Aedes aegypti, is capable of transmitting Zika, dengue fever, Chikungunya ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, a U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board stationed in Cuba, headed by Major Walter Reed, confirmed a theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay about the role of mosquitoes in ...

By 1881 Finlay had fixed on mosquitoes as the cause, but his theory was largely dismissed. After the Spanish-American War of 1898, during which far more U.S. troops died from yellow fever than ...

There are four types of dengue virus, and they belong to a class of viruses known as flaviviruses – the family that also includes the West Nile, yellow fever, and Zika viruses. Dengue, transmitted ...

Yellow fever remains a terrible worry, as do dengue, chikungunya, and Mayaro, a mosquito-spread monkey virus infecting people in northwestern Brazil. Defensive strategies under consideration range ...

Mosquito-borne diseases such as yellow fever, Zika, Dengue fever, and malaria kill millions of humans every year, and there are limited therapeutics for their prevention and treatment. While in ...

Yellow fever cases have been reported in different areas of Brazil. It is a serious viral disease transmitted by mosquito bites. The International Certificate of Vaccination is valid forever but ...