International Entomologists to Collaborate on Controlling Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue in Brazil
Click here to read this in Portuguese. Click here to read this in Spanish. On March 13, 2016, in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) and the […]
Zika Virus Genome Sequence Published by the Institut Pasteur
Described for the first time in Uganda in 1947, Zika is an arbovirus belonging to the same family as dengue and yellow fever. These viral diseases are transmitted by mosquitoes […]
Higher Temperatures Impair Efficacy of Permethrin Insecticide
By Harvey Black The effectiveness of an important mosquito-fighting insecticide may be a casualty of global climate change, according to a recent study in the Journal of Medical Entomology. Two […]
Study Compares “Natural” Mosquito Repellents to DEET
By Josh Lancette Every summer while preparing for long weekends at our family cabin in the north woods of Minnesota, we’d face the same dilemmas. What food should we bring? […]