Posts Tagged: yellow fever
Doctoral Candidate Lindsey Mack: Zeroing in on the Yellow Fever Mosquito
Doctoral candidate Lindsey Mack of the lab of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey...
Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Record Amounts of Rainfall Create Perfect Conditions for Mosquitoes
Mosquito Awareness Week, observed April 16 - 22, 2023, educates California residents about...
Congrats to UC Davis Postdoc Olivia Winokur: Winner of AMCA's Hollandsworth Prize
Congratulations to UC Davis postdoctoral scholar and vector-borne disease specialist Olivia...
Congratulating Olivia Winokur (center), recipient of the Hollandsworth Prize for best student presentation at the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) annual conference are Casey Crockett (left), AMCA Student Competition coordinator, and Dennis Wallette, 2022-2023 AMCA president.
Who's Speaking at the UC Davis Entomology/Nematology Seminars?
Talk about a full schedule! Nematologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor, UC Davis...
The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, will be the topic of a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Jan. 12. (Photo courtesy of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
The alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, will be discussed at the Jan. 5 seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Wikipedia photo by AfroBrazilian)
Geoffrey Attardo: Growing Presence of This Mosquito: 'A Major Public Health Threat'
UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, an assistant professor, UC Davis...
"The growing presence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can transmit the viruses that cause Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever as well as the parasite that causes heartworm in pets, is a major public health threat," says UC Davis medical entomologist/geneticist Geoffrey Attardo. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)