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Drain After the Rain
Whether you're having a backyard barbecue or enjoying outdoor activities as the weather warms...
Warm Weather Helps Prolong West Nile Virus Risk
Summer may be over, but continued warm weather means that mosquitoes are still active. So far this...
Invasive Spotlight: Zika Virus
The Zika virus is spread to people mainly through the bite of an infected mosquito, mostly Aedes...
Zika, Mosquitoes, and Repellents
[From the August 2016 issue of the UC IPM Retail Newsletter] Concerns over the Zika virus have...
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Unraveling the Mystery of DEET
You spray DEET on your arms, and those pesky mosquitoes leave you alone. It works. However, ...
UC Davis scientists in the Walter Leal lab have discovered the odorant receptor in the Culex mosquito that repels DEET. From left are project scientist Pingxi Xu; postdoctoral scholar Young-Moo Choo; AgChem graduate student Alyssa De La Rosa; and Professor Leal. (Photo credit: Academic Technology Services/Mediaworks)
