Agricultural practices and bird migration patterns linked to West Nile virus spread in Europe
A study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens finds that agricultural land use and bird movements are the major factors ...
Tag: West Nile Virus
Urban light pollution may disrupt winter dormancy period for disease-carrying mosquitoes
A new study's finding that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile ...
How do cattle impact human vector-borne disease risk?
Scientists from the United States have conducted a systematic review to understand whether cattle increase the risk of contracting vector-borne ...
Ultrapotent IgM antibodies isolated from a pregnant woman with Zika virus show promise as an immunotherapy
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is a potentially teratogenic illness, causing up to one in seven infants born to infected mothers ...
Human landing catch method provides important insight into the complement of human-biting mosquitoes in a region with consistent West Nile virus epidemics
A team of US-based scientists has described the usefulness of human landing catch as an alternative method to collect mosquitoes ...