If you live in the Mid-Valley and spot a small aircraft flying at a low altitude over the region’s farmland and orchards, you might be witnessing the aerial spraying conducted by Yuba-Sutter Mosquito ...

Haematophagous arthropods, including mosquitoes, ticks, flies, triatomine bugs and lice (here referred to as vectors), are involved in the transmission of various pathogens to mammals on whom they ...

Vibha SharmaGet breaking news anytime, anywhere. Download the TOI app now!New Delhi: Taking note of increasingly erratic rainfall patterns in the capital this year, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD ...

In the summer and fall of 2021, West Nile virus spread rapidly through Arizona’s Maricopa County and other areas of the state. The outbreak, with more than 1,700 cases reported and 127 deaths. was the ...

Genetic modification for the control of mosquitoes is frequently touted as a solution for a variety of vector-borne diseases. There has been some success using non-insecticidal methods like sterile or ...

Kissing bugs, or triatomine bugs, are the primary vector for Chagas disease, a major public health concern in Central and South America and even the southern United States. However, there aren't many ...

Mosquito and tick bites can put people at risk for contracting Lyme disease, West Nile virus and alpha-gal syndrome.

Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) ("Co-Dx" or "the Company"), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented ...

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are infectious diseases often caused by the bite of an arthropod vector to a human, animal or plant host. Examples include the transmission of malaria protozoans or dengue ...

Vazquez-Prokopec, G. M., D. Bisanzio, S. T. Stoddard, V. Paz-Soldan, A. C. Morrison, J. P. Elder, J. Ramirez-Paredes, E. S. Halsey, T. J. Kochel, T. W. Scott, and U ...

In Panvel, the Municipal Corporation has launched Malaria Prevention Month under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme’s 2030 elimination strategy. The campaign aims to raise awareness ...