First positive West Nile mosquito pool reported in Travis County
Although no human cases have been identified at this time, APH says the positive mosquito pool indicates the virus is in the Travis County community.
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Although no human cases have been identified at this time, APH says the positive mosquito pool indicates the virus is in the Travis County community.
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Mosquitos learned to avoid pesticides after a single non-lethal exposure, a study published Thursday in Nature found.
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Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mosquitoes may be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research. Scientists who studied two species of mosquitoes that spread diseases such as dengue, Zika and West Nile fever -- Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus -- found that the females learned to avoid pesticides after a single non-lethal exposure, a study published Thursday in Nature found. The researchers exposed the female mosquitoes to non-lethal doses of common anti-mosquito pesticides and found...