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Fountains and sewers affect the presence of mosquitoes in urban areas

A study from CSIC links water accumulation in the urban sewage system and ornamental fountains to a higher number of mosquitoes in cities.
Results allow understand how these infrastructures...

¿Qué ocasionó el brote del virus del Nilo en 2020? Una investigadora predoctoral estudia las causas

Sonia Cebrián desarrolla su tesis doctoral en la Estación Biológica de Doñana y estudia los factores ambientales que pueden haber tenido un papel clave en la gestación del brote de virus del Nilo...

The Doñana Biological Station studies the circulation of the West Nile Virus in the Guadalquivir

A project promtoed by PTI Global Health monitors mosquito populations and the presence of virus in real time in several municipalities of Seville

The outbreak of the West Nile Virus...

Mosquitoes are attracted to Plasmodium-infected birds

Parasites can manipulate their hosts to increase their transmission success. Avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium) are thought to alter the cues such as host odour, used by host-seeking mosquitoes....

Plasmodium transmission risk differs between mosquito species and parasite lineages

Factors such as the particular combination of parasite-mosquito species, their co-evolutionary history, and the host’s parasite load greatly affect parasite transmission. However, the importance ...
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