Among those developing the brain swelling known as encephalitis, approximately one-third will die, with the rest likely to experience neurological problems.
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With warm weather in Australia, should we be worried too?
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.
In a sense, a malaria-transmitting mosquito is a sick mosquito. This is where bacteria can help.
Mosquitoes can be genetically modified to help reduce the number of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and therefore malaria transmission.
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.
Mosquito populations can respond quickly to changing climate, which means the location of areas at risk of malaria might change.
Sometimes it seems the night is just buzzing with insects. But are there really more insects out at night? We analysed all the evidence on insect activity across the day–night cycle to find out.
Authorities have issued warnings for people in parts of Western Australia to avoid mosquito bites after Murray Valley encephalitis virus was detected in local mosquitoes. Here’s what you need to know.
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.
New research shows mosquitoes spread Buruli ulcer. So reducing mosquito populations and avoiding bites is critical.
It’s hot and humid. With mosquitoes about, applying insect repellent creams, sprays and lotions may not feel good. But how do the alternatives stack up?
Climate change is causing dengue-carrying mosquitoes to spread. Could the disease become endemic in Europe?
Puddles are an often-ignored but crucial habitat for rare and unusual wildlife.
Heat, floods and droughts create conditions for pathogens and their vectors.
This summer is expected to be dry and hot. Here’s what that means for the risk of mosquito-borne diseases.
The Sahel region is grappling with an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
Early warm weather has triggered a bumper season for Australia’s 30,000 fly species.
Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease.
People have been trying to make malaria vaccines for over 100 years. With the help of the revolutionary new R21/Matrix vaccine the disease could be eradicated by 2040.
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 scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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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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Medical Entomologist, The University of Queensland
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Dean Students, College of Health, Adelaide University
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UP ISMC: Project Manager and Coordinator, University of Pretoria
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Professorial Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Scientist, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
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Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Medical Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand