Male gametes from the bloodmeal that matured in the insect must traverse the stomach contents to find a female gamete, where they merge and develop into infectious cells called sporozoites. To further ...

First, what is an insect? An insect has six legs and three body segments: a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. You may know that spiders, mites, and ticks have eight legs, and therefore are not insects.

A potentially deadly virus was detected for the first time in Queensland’s capital as the state health authority issued warnings about the mosquito-borne disease in the wake of extreme weather ...

There are vaccines against some mosquito-borne diseases (e.g., yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis) and you can take medication to help prevent malaria. But you should also take precautions to avoid ...

The potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus Japanese encephalitis has been detected in Brisbane for the first time.