West Nile virus belongs to the flavivirus family of viruses. It is transmitted principally by Culex mosquitoes. Birds are the reservoir for the virus and mosquitoes acquire the virus when they feed on ...

Warm weather is here and mosquitoes are on the rise in Australia. Unseasonably large swarms are causing problems in some ...

The Culex tarsalis mosquito is the primary vector of WNV to humans in the western ... Mosquito control programs in the past were mainly conducted to reduce the nuisance causing mosquito species. Many ...