Tag: mosquito

Health officials warn of dangerous mosquito species found in San Diego

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An invasive mosquito species that can carry dangerous diseases has been identified in several counties across California, including in San Diego County. Invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, also known as the yellow fever mosquito, usually bite several times, and are active during the day. They can transmit Zika, dengue, yellow fever, and […]

Mosquito abatement teams working overtime in East Baton Rouge Parish

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — East Baton Rouge has been seeing an increase of mosquitoes in the past week. “Around Tuesday or Wednesday, we started getting a lot of calls and noticing a lot of mosquitoes in the parish,” said Director of East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control Michael Becker. But why […]

African scientist could wipe out malaria by editing mosquito DNA

Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate. Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at Burkina Faso’s Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing an innovative technique that could potentially […]