1
2
Jan. 26, 2024 The spread of West Nile virus in Europe is strongly linked to agricultural activities, urbanization, and bird migration, according to new ...
May 28, 2021 Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, a new study has found. A new scientific model shows the risk of the mosquito-borne pathogen ...
Feb. 14, 2024 Researchers demonstrate the contribution of climate change to the spatial expansion of West Nile virus in Europe, a virus that constitutes a new public health threat in the continent. Their findings ...
June 29, 2023 The mosquito species Culex modestus has been found in Finland for the first time. In Southern Europe it is known to spread West Nile virus, but it is highly unlikely for the disease to occur in ...
Mar. 22, 2023 A mosquito known only by its scientific name, Culex lactator, is the latest to establish in the Sunshine State, according to a new ...
Apr. 28, 2023 A new study has identified potential broad-spectrum antiviral agents that can target multiple families of RNA viruses that continue to pose a significant threat for future ...
Apr. 11, 2023 A new study's finding that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus could be considered both good news and bad news. The good ...
June 30, 2022 Zika and dengue fever viruses alter the scent of mice and humans they infect, a team of researchers report. The altered scent attracts mosquitoes, which bite the host, drink their infected blood and ...
Apr. 17, 2023 The dreaded tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infects different types of brain cells in different parts of the brain, depending on whether the affected person's immune system is activated or ...
June 2, 2021 Scientists have detected Zika virus RNA in free-ranging African bats. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is a molecule that plays a central role in the function of ...