Upon detecting a foreign substance, the immune system of the host releases histamine and cytokines, substances that cause the itching and wheals associated with mosquito bites. The Aedes mosquitoes ...

so they bite humans. Each female mosquito can lay multiple batches of eggs during its lifetime, and often Aedes aegypti take several blood meals before laying a batch of eggs. When a female ...

When a mosquito pierces your skin, it does more than cause a fleeting moment of discomfort—it sets off a chain reaction ...

A creative layout featuring a photo of an Aedes mosquito, which can transmit the dengue virus, and cryoelectron microscopy renderings of mature dengue virus particles. Groups of dengue virus particles ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods. Mosquitoes can survive prolonged ...

While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika ...

“Aedes aegypti is very much a backyard breeding mosquito,” Raman said. “And it’s the kind of mosquito that bites people in the daytime and around the ankles, and they’re very aggressive.

"As Zika cases rise and Aedes mosquitoes expand their range ... in the skin, which attract mosquitoes and encourage them to bite. This increased production of VOCs makes it more likely that ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the ...

The adult mosquitoes rest in dark places of the house. Dengue is spread through the bite of an infected Aedes Aegypti mosquito. The mosquito gets the virus by biting an infected person.