"If Aedes aegypti becomes established in Alameda County, it can threaten public health and diminish quality of life," the ...

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread across Las Vegas, prompting concerns over disease transmission and resistance to insecticides ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito has rapidly expanded its territory across Southern Nevada. What started as a presence in just two ...

Researchers in a lab at Stanford University are focused on a tiny predator that has an enormous, and sometimes deadly impact ...

Dengue infection has spread to 74 districts across Nepal, with two confirmed deaths so far, health authorities said Friday.According to Dr. Gokarna Prasad Dahal, chief of the Vector-Borne Disease ...

As international headlines focus on a fast-moving chikungunya outbreak in southern China that has sickened thousands, Florida ...

There are nearly 200 types of mosquitoes in the U.S., but one of them -- Aedes aegypti -- has been making headlines for transmitting Zika virus more frequently than any of the others have so far.

The Aedes vittatus is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and has never been seen in the western hemisphere until now. The mosquito is “a proven vector of chikungunya, Zika, dengue, yellow fever ...

Health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired case of dengue fever this year in Hillsborough County.

Aedes can transmit diseases such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika, but they haven’t been linked to an outbreak in California. They haven’t been tied to a case of the deadly West Nile virus, either.

The British company Oxitec plans to release its genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in California if the plan is approved by state officials. Above, Aedes aegypti larvae swim in a ...