As dengue spreads further outside its normal tropical zones, doctors and patients need to know what to watch for.
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A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.
Three economists explore the viability of a UN-backed one-stop licensing ‘hub’ for making essential, often life-saving biotherapeutics and vaccines both affordable and more widely available.
The results were striking: mosquito populations in towns where our mosquitoes were released declined.
In recent decades, cases have risen sharply in Africa as urbanisation, travel and climate change have expanded mosquito habitats.
Insect repellents are the most common way to prevent mozzie bites. Here’s what the science says about their safety profile.
Climate-caused heat and floods help disease-carrying insects spread to new places.
The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.
Mosquito bites are more than annoying. They can also spread potentially deadly diseases.
The fight against neglected tropical diseases is a fight for equity, productivity and long-term security. South-east Asia can lead the way.
The most effective repellents for warding off mosquitoes this summer contain a substance known as DEET.
Travellers to South and Central America are being warned to avoid biting insects after a rise in cases of the potential fatal disease caused by Oropouche virus. Here’s what you need to know.
If you’re traveling to a tropical destination to escape the Australian winter, make sure to take steps to protect yourself from mosquito-borne disease such as dengue.
France is ready for the Olympics. It also needs to be ready for this virus.
Female mosquitoes don’t want to lay their eggs alone, but they don’t want sites that are too crowded either. Understanding what guides their choice could inform new control strategies.
A new single dose vaccine is expected to be registered with the country’s national health agency by the second half of this year.
Neglected tropical diseases are often associated with social exclusion as well as physical suffering. One billion people around the world suffer from these diseases.
Climate change is causing dengue-carrying mosquitoes to spread. Could the disease become endemic in Europe?
The Sahel region is grappling with an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease.
Top contributors
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Medical Entomologist, The University of Queensland
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Group leader, University of Leeds
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Scientific Citizenship Initiative Advisor and Center for Bioethics Lecturer, Harvard University
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Parasite Epidemiology, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Professor of Parasitology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
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Professor of Entomology and Disease Epidemiology, Penn State
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Lecturer (University of Tasmania), University of Tasmania
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Dean Students, College of Health, Adelaide University
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Ph.D. Student and Transdisiplinary Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences Fellow, Florida International University