Scientists have used machine learning algorithms to teach computers to recognize the insect feeding patterns involved in pathogen transmission. The study also uncovers plant traits that might lead to ...

The answer might surprise you, according to Chad Cross and Louisa Messenger, professors with the UNLV School of Public Health. “In terms of the number of associated diseases and deaths that are ...

Vector-borne parasites are commonly predicted to be less virulent to the vector than to the definitive host as the parasite gains little by harming its main route of transmission. Here we assess the ...

Over the past 20 years, our understanding of the physiological and molecular interactions between parasites, such as Plasmodium spp. and dengue virus, and their mosquito vectors 1,2,3 has been ...

A widespread bacteria called Wolbachia pipientis and a virus that it carries can cause sterility in male insects by hijacking their sperm, preventing them from fertilizing eggs of females that do not ...

Mauritius currently being in the rainy season, which favours the proliferation of mosquitoes in several regions around the island, the Vector Biology and Control Division is presently implementing a ...

Distinguished Professor of Entomology Jay Rosenheim noticed a trend during his office hours a few years ago: Many of his undergraduate students wanted research lab experience but were unsure how to ...