How can a mosquito make you sick? The workings of a tiny vector. It weighs barely a few milligrams, flies relatively quietly, and yet is responsible for millions of illnesses each year: ...

The virus eventually gets into the mosquito's salivary glands. "During later blood meals (when mosquitoes bite), the virus may be injected into humans and animals, where it can multiply and possibly ...

Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking ...

The World Heath Organisation has warned people of a 'fatal disease' being spread by mosquitoes in two neighbourhoods in Spain ...

Blood-sucking ticks are gross and can carry a variety of diseases. But how do you protect yourself against ticks? And why do ...

IT has been demonstrated that the sporozoites of several species of plasmodia remain viable for several years when stored at temperatures around −70° C.1.

To overcome this, we developed mosquito-tissue ultrastructure expansion microscopy (MoTissU-ExM), a technique that physically expands parasites and their hosts ∼4.5-fold. Using MoTissU-ExM, we ...

To get a closer look at the conflict, the Tampa Bay Times toured mosquito control centers across the region. Tucked behind a chain-link fence, the Pinellas County Mosquito Control resides near an ...

It is possible that the patient had a mucosal radiation reaction to the 131 I, which was concentrated in the oral cavity by secretions from all the major and minor salivary glands.

A gel normally used to smooth out facial wrinkles could also help millions of people who suffer with chronic dry mouth.

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.