News tagged with mosquito larvae
Midge keeps invasive mosquito in check, aiding native mosquitoes (w/Podcast)
Jun 04, 2009 |
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In a drama played out across the southeastern U.S. in containers as small as a coffee cup, native and invasive mosquito larvae compete for resources and try to avoid getting eaten. One of the invasive mosquitoes, ...
Device targets mosquitoes with deadly nectar
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The ProVector Bt may not look too much like a real flower, but the artificial device sports bright, finely tuned colors and sweet nectar that can lure and kill mosquitoes that potentially carry diseases.
Tanzania study reopens debate on targeting mosquito larvae to control malaria
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Targeting mosquito larval populations may be an effective intervention to help control malaria in urban situations, a study published today suggests. The research, conducted in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, ...
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New Delhi eyes frogs to stop mosquitos
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Jun 22, 2007 |
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New Delhi officials are considering the import of thousands of mosquito-eating frogs to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever.
Smaller mosquitoes are more likey to be infected with viruses causing human diseases
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Nov 03, 2008 |
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An entomologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, a division of the new UI Institute for Natural Resource Sustainability, says smaller mosquitoes are more likely to be infected with viruses that cause diseases in humans. ...
Ayurvedic nightshade deadly for dengue mosquito
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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Mosquitoes responsible for spreading disease are increasingly becoming resistant to synthetic insecticides. Now research published in the online open access journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggests that t ...
Malaria researchers identify new mosquito virus
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Malaria Research Institute have identified a previously unknown virus that is infectious to Anopheles gambiae—the mosquito primarily respon ...
Researchers find essential proteins for critical stage of malaria
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) have identified the molecular components that enable the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium to infect the salivary glands of the Anopheles mosquito—a critical ...
Hoarding rainwater could 'dramatically' expand range of dengue-fever mosquito
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Ecologists have developed a new model to predict the impact of climate change on the dengue fever-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti in Australia - information that could help limit its spread.
Larvae shun the light
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Drosophila larvae avoid light during the foraging stage of their development. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience shows that both 5-HT (serotonergic) and corazonergic neurons have a role in reg ...
Predicting mosquito outbreaks for disease control
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide researchers have shown they can predict the biggest population peaks of disease-carrying mosquitoes up to two months ahead.
Climate change may alter malaria patterns
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Feb 15, 2009 |
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Temperature is an important factor in the spread of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, but researchers who look at average monthly or annual temperatures are not seeing the whole picture. Global climate change will ...
Major study links malaria mosquitoes to Amazon deforestation
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of the most field-intensive efforts to explore the connection between malaria and tropical deforestation, a team led by Jonathan Patz, a specialist in the link between environment and health at the ...
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