Above the cage, the researchers placed two vials full of human blood, with one heated to 73 degrees (room temperature) and the other to 88 degrees (the surface temperature of a human hand). Compared ...

Why A Dangerous Mosquito Has A Taste For Human Blood : ... "You can stick them in your hand luggage and fly home with them. ... It could be that we're slow compared to wild animals.

Some strains of Aedes aegypti -- the mosquito that carries Zika, malaria and dengue fever -- have evolved to bite humans almost exclusively. A team has now discovered how they target us so precisely.

According to the World Health Organization, mosquito-borne yellow fever alone causes more than 30,000 deaths annually. But now, in the on-going battle between human and mosquito, we might just ...

That species of mosquito has become the primary vector of malaria in east Africa due to its broader host range and the frequent use of pesticide-treated bed nets, which kill other species that live ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On the other hand, your body provides a spa-like environment that is ...

With her blood meal visible through her transparent abdomen, the female Aedes aegypti mosquito takes flight as she leaves her host's skin surface. A mosquito that transmits dangerous viruses like ...

A mosquito that transmits dangerous viruses like dengue and Zika seems to have developed a taste for human blood because of the way that people store water — which mosquitoes need for laying ...