Mosquito & Vector News

West Nile Virus and Dead Bird Call Center Now Live

The California WNV and Dead Bird Call Center opened for the season on Monday, April 8, 2024. Now through mid-October, members of the public can report a dead bird by…

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Roaming Dogs, Intense Brown Dog Tick Infestation, and Emerging Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Tijuana, Mexico.

Foley J., et al. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 00(00), 2024, pp. 1–16 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.23-0410 Abstract. A two decades–long epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in northern Mexico reached the U.S.…

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Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes use communal cues to manage population density at breeding sites.

Costa-da-Silva AL, et al. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY | (2024) 7:143 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05830-5 | www.nature.com/commsbio 1 1234567890 Abstract: Where a female mosquito lays her eggs creates the conditions for reproductive success. Here,…

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Association Updates

Successful introgression of wMel Wolbachia into Aedes aegypti populations in Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati.

Simmons CP, Donald W, Tagavi L, Tarivonda L, Quai T, Tavoa R, et al. (2024)Successful introgression of wMel Wolbachia into Aedes aegypti populations in Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati. PLoS Negl…

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Surveillance of Fleas and Their Small Mammal Hosts for Plague Risks in Some Main Seaports of the Islands of the Southwestern Indian Ocean.

M. Harimalala et al. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 110(2), 2024, pp. 311–319. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.23-0363. Abstract. Beginning in the 1920s/1930s, rodent and flea surveillance was carried out as part of plague…

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Don’t Forget – Send Your Legislative Day Thank You Notes ASAP!

Thank you to all those who joined us last week for MVCAC’s Legislative Day in Sacramento. There is one more step to help us MVCAC make a lasting impact on…

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