Because the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes live near and prefer to feed on people ... Not only has the geographic range of mosquitoes expanded, but within urban areas there are more numerous sites ...

“So she makes sure you get a multiple dose,” says University of Kentucky entomologist Grayson Brown, who in March went to Brazil, where Zika has hit hard, to help lead an Aedes aegypti summit.

The research, published on May 4 in Nature, now shows that when female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes smell humans ... while the glomerulus tuned to both humans and animals responded to a range of compounds ...

Puerto Rico has recorded at least 1,012 cases of dengue so far in 2025, followed by Florida, 50, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which has 40 recorded cases.

For male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes ... also suggest that mosquito antennae are capable of detecting a broader range of frequencies than previously thought, though not all of these may be actively ...

Typically, four days after being bit by an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, a person will develop viremia, a condition in which there is a high level of the dengue virus in the blood. Viremia ...

The Collier Mosquito Control District is releasing sterile male mosquitoes to combat the population, especially the disease-carrying Aedes aegypti species. The sterile males, bred from local ...