mosquitos
1ª Conferencia Científica Anual sobre Investigación de Mosquitos en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes
Participa en la 1ª Conferencia Científica Anual sobre Investigación de Mosquitos en Puerto Rico y las Islas…
Fight against mosquitoes
Almost 8,000 used tires and 279,980 pounds of rubble were collected by employees from the City of San Juan as part of the…
Natural products that really repel mosquitoes
El Aedes aegypti is the vector for viral diseases such as: dengue, chikungunya and zika. Although there are…
The pros and cons of Naled use
This article provides a discussion on the use of Naled, an organophosphate insecticide used to control the Aedes aegypti…
How to control zika, dengue and chikungunya in Puerto Rico
The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can transmit the viruses that cause dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever is an insect…
We are mosquito food
Human beings are indispensable for the survival of Aedes aegypti, since we are the most abundant food source for the mosquito…
ZIka virus, what we know and what we don't
Three days ago two patients were discovered positive with the Zika virus, also called Zika fever. It is important to point out…
Chikungunya symptoms can be severe and incapacitating
Chikungunya has been declared an epidemic in Puerto Rico. Among the symptoms cause by this virus, transmitted by a mosquito…
Closer look to Nile virus
The Puerto Rico Department of Health will do an epidemiologic study on the transmission of the Nile virus and prevention…