Mosquito & Vector News
WNV & Dead Bird Call Center Closed for the Season
On Friday, October 16th, the California WNV & Dead Bird Call Center transitioned to internet-only reporting. This marks the end of the WNV dead bird testing season in California for…
The global compendium of Aedes japonicus: An Underappreciated Arbovirus Vector of growing concerns
Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee Abdelkrim, O., Mohamed, D., Achraf, E. et al. Sci Data 13, 1377 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07481-z Abstract The Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus (Theobald, 1901), is…
The effect of ULV-based mosquito control on target and non-target organisms in Hungary: An experimental field study
Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee LZ, Nagy ,et al. (2026) PLoS Negl Trop Dis 20(10): e0014140. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014140 Abstract Ultra-low volume (ULV) insecticide spraying with deltamethrin as the active ingredient…