For the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected signs of the West Nile virus in mosquitoes within the UK, prompting increased disease surveillance. While the risk to the public ...

Genetic fragments of the West Nile virus (WNV) have been detected in mosquitoes in the UK for the first time during a national surveillance programme. The virus was identified in two samples of the ...

A new study suggests that the deadly insects evolved their taste for human blood much earlier than previously thought, around when Homo erectus migrated into Southeast Asia ...

Climate change may increase the suitability of habitat for invasive mosquito species Through surveillance efforts, Ae. aegypti eggs were detected in a freight storage facility near London Heathrow ...

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on the planet, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year by transmitting malaria, dengue fever and a host of other deadly diseases. Understanding how the ...

A perfect storm of conditions is making mosquitoes, and the diseases they carry, a big threat to human health.

Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...

West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can be fatal to humans, has been detected in the UK for the first time. Arran Folly at APHA says the virus was detected due to “pot luck” when the ...

Paul Hunter consults for the World Health Organization. He receives funding from National Institute for Health Research and has received funding from the World Health Organization and the European ...