Currently, data show the risk level for West Nile virus infection is very low for humans. The vector index measurement of the number of infected Culex mosquitoes currently stands at 0.27 ...

West Nile virus (WNV) is the most common insect-borne virus in the ... Bird trapping focuses on nine species known to be bitten by Culex mosquitoes: American robins, mourning doves, Northern cardinals ...

Six types of mosquitoes are found in California, but only the Culex mosquito can carry West Nile virus. Vector control agencies try to eliminate public breeding sites in gutters, underground storm ...

With a grant award from the American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund, Utah State University ecologist Norah Saarman and her students are using morphology, DNA testing and machine learning ...

As temperatures climb in the Coachella Valley, mosquito season is starting to take hold—and this year, Palm Springs is ...

A West Nile outbreak occurred in 2019, when 34 neuroinvasive cases and two virus-caused deaths ... daytime biters. Culex quinquefasciatus, the most-trapped mosquito species in the area and the ...

West Nile virus (WNV) is the most common insect-borne ... Bird trapping focuses on nine species known to be bitten by Culex mosquitoes: American robins, mourning doves, Northern cardinals, house ...

The $153,700 program will target standing water in wetlands, ditches, and storm drains while testing for multiple mosquito-borne diseases, including the West Nile Virus.

By contrast, she said, mosquitoes belonging to the Culex family are associated with the spread of West Nile virus, which has been in Pennsylvania since 2000. The virus was discovered in 1927 in ...

As Los Angeles County and Santa Clarita residents welcome the arrival of spring and warmer weather, vector control districts ...

Among these pesky fliers is the Northern House Mosquito, Culex pipiens, which can spread West Nile Virus and St. Louis encephalitis in humans, as well as avian malaria in birds and heartworm ...

The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District confirmed Thursday there is a population of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Palo Alto, after one county resident died from the virus in ...