The United States may witness a sharp surge in dengue fever in the upcoming days, according to the CDC. The agency has issued ...

According to Fumakilla, the peskiest mosquito species on Japan’s main island of Honshu is the “Aedes albopictus.” The critters are more active when temperatures range between 25 and 30 ...

Because the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes live near and prefer to feed on people, they are more likely to spread viral diseases than are the Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Culex mosquitoes are distributed ...

2. Dengue Fever Dengue fever is another major mosquito-borne disease caused by the dengue virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. The symptoms include high fever ...

The striped tiger mosquito, or Aedes albopictus, is spreading north, east, and west in Europe and now has self-sustaining populations in 13 countries, including Spain. The World Health ...

The Aedes albopictus mosquito carries the virus that causes dengue fever, which can prove fatal. The mosquito is said to thrive in areas where the average annual temperature is 11 degrees or higher.

Aedes albopictus is a widespread invasive mosquito in Hawai’i. Photo Credit: James Gathany, CDC. The Hawai‘i Department of Health has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, ...

In January, the county launched a program designed to lower the mosquito population by sterilizing male mosquitos with low ...

The presence of DNA sequences integrated from a new flavivirus related to Cell Fusing Agent and Kamiti River Virus was identified in wild Aedes albopictus mosquito populations from the provinces ...