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Mar 29, 2013
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New Malaria Drug: A Step Towards Eradication?

By Lauren Edmundson
Malaria prevention and eradication has long been a goal of health officials around the world. New research shows promise: a compound with the potential to simultaneously treat and prevent malaria...
malaria, drug, vaccine, mosquito, resistance, antibiotic resistance
Mar 14, 2013
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The Deadly Virus That's Spreading Faster Than Malaria or West Nile

By Jason Hayes
About half of the world is at risk of a virus that Americans don’t know at all. For Americans, dengue fever is about as foreign as the metric system or the leading contenders in next year’s World...
Dengue, mosquito, take part
Feb 1, 2013
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Study Links Orchards with Mosquitoes Carrying West Nile in the United States

By Lauren Edmundson
A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE has found a link between West Nile virus prevalence and land use, climate and wildlife populations in the northwest United States. The authors...
west nile virus, WNV, mosquito, orchard
Jan 29, 2013
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Dengue Bites Back

By Catherine Stecyk
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that dengue is the world’s fastest-spreading tropical disease. As reported by Reuters, dengue is a threat that is present in more than 125...
Dengue, mosquito, fever, outbreak
Dec 10, 2012
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New Method to Diagnose Malaria

By Adham Abdel Mottalib
Thanks to a team of researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, it is now possible to conduct a highly sensitive malaria diagnosis from a single drop of blood or saliva. This research was...
malaria, mosquito, testing, diagnosis
Oct 31, 2012
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Yellow Fever Outbreak in Sudan

By Anna Tomasulo
The mystery fever affecting Darfur has been identified as yellow fever, according to the WHO. Yellow fever is an arbovirus (an acronym for arthropod borne diseases) and a member of the flavivirus...
yellow fever, Sudan, arbovirus, mosquito
Sep 25, 2012
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Newly Discovered Mosquito Virus Could Lead to Vaccines and Treatments

By Robyn Correll Carlyle
Researchers have identified a previously unknown virus that could pave the way for important medical innovations against dangerous mosquito-borne pathogens. In a paper published September 4 in...
Eilat virus, malaria, mosquito, mosquito-borne illness
Sep 19, 2012
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New Malaria-Carrying Mosquito Found in Kenya

By Anna Tomasulo
Malaria is transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes. Within the Anopheles genus (“genus” being a group of organisms with common characteristics), there are approximately 430 species. Of those...
malaria, mosquito, anopheles, Kenya
Sep 5, 2012
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Dengue Reemerges in Greece

By Katharina Schwan
An elderly gentleman died on August 30 of hemorrhagic fever in Patras, Greece. Doctors believe it was a complication due to infection with dengue fever, a mosquito-borne illness that has not been...
Dengue, greece, mosquito, west nile virus
Aug 23, 2012
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WNV: Mass. reports second human case; CDC says one of “largest West Nile virus outbreaks ever”

By Anna Tomasulo
In a special telebriefing on West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States, Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases at the CDC stated that we are “in the midst...
west nile virus, mosquito, Massachusetts, Texas, WNV
Aug 9, 2012
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Epidemic of West Nile Virus Hits Dallas County

By Robyn Correll Carlyle
Update: Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced that Dallas County is in a State of Emergency due to the West Nile Virus epidemic. The Dallas County Director of Health and Human Services,...
west nile virus, WNV, Dallas, Texas, mosquito, insecticide
Jul 12, 2012
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Mosquitoes Infected with EEE Found in Mass.

By Anna Tomasulo
Wednesday, July 11, Mass. health officials announced finding four mosquitoes infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Catherine Brown, State Public Health Veterinarian, stated that they...
EEE, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, mosquito, Massachusetts
Jun 26, 2012
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New Test Detects Dengue Virus Faster

By David Bui
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new test to rapidly diagnose dengue infection in humans. The test, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, differs from...
Dengue, mosquito, diagnosis, antibody, virus, CDC
Sep 2, 2011
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria on the Rise in Australia

By Glory Song
Australia’s Bellarine Peninsula has seen a large increase in the number of Buruli ulcer (also known as Bairnsdale ulcer or Searl ulcer) cases caused by the flesh-eating Mycobacterium ulcerans. The...
Buruli Ulcer, Australia, bacteria, mosquito