Using an advanced electron accelerator, the regional government-funded Biological Pest Control Centre in Valencia successfully sterilises and releases about 45,000 male mosquitoes weekly.

Mosquitoes, it turned out, have voices in the middle ranges of human hearing (frequencies of 250 to 1,500 cycles per second). Females bellow; male voices are thin and high-pitched. The ...

Since a large outbreak began in 2023, more case reports of severe complications of infection in pregnant women and at least ...

In US NICUs, incidence of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection was 20 times higher in very low birth weight infants than ...

OC Vector hopes that by utilizing a sterile insect technique that the sterilized males will outcompete the non-sterilized ...

99 per cent of the mosquitoes collected were of the Culex species – also known as Culicines.” In the survey, only 0.3 per cent were Anopheles. The Aedes type were equally very low in numbers.

So far this year, no mosquitoes in the area have tested positive for disease, but surveillance efforts are already underway. The district expects to detect West Nile virus in native Culex ...

To lower nuisance populations and reduce disease transmission, the district has a new project that sterilizes small male mosquitoes: the invasive Aedes aegypti. The small black and white mosquito ...

PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Pender County Mosquito Control is preparing for treatments for the season and is asking beekeepers in the county to help protect their bees. Beekeepers should register the ...

Orange County will release sterilized male mosquitoes to reduce populations of the disease-carrying Aedes aegypti. The ...

The video showcases her meticulous record-keeping of each mosquito she kills, complete with names, dates, and locations of the 'murders'. This quirky pastime has garnered millions of views and ...