Mosquito & Vector News
Highlights in Medical Entomology 2023: vectors and the environment
Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee Hung, KY. 2025. Journal of Medical Entomology, 62(6): 1381–1385, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf136 Abstract: Multiple factors play a role in determining the appropriate methods for protecting communities…
Description of all stages of a new tick species from California, Haemaphysalis vespertina (Acari: Ixodidae), with redescription of H. leporispalustris Packard, 1869 adults and phylogenetic relationships among related U.S. taxa
Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee Egizi, A. et al. 2025. Zootaxa 5719: 049-072. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.1.2 Abstract. All active stages of Haemaphysalis vespertina sp. nov. (Acari: Ixodidae), a tick previously identified…
Low risk for locally acquired Chagas disease in California: A review of human cases and triatomine submissions, 2013–2023.
Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee Lund et al. 2025. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 19(4): e0013036. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013036 Abstract. Chagas disease is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi,…