A Bowen man has become the first in Queensland thought to have died from Japanese encephalitis since 2022. Public health officials are concerned the risk of exposure to the virus may increase ...

A surge of infections from a tropical virus is raising alarm among public health officials because it appears to be causing birth defects similar to those associated with Zika virus. Known as ...

Mosquitoes have been responsible for the spread of several kinds of viruses among human populations for a long time. Recent mosquito-borne virus outbreaks, including dengue fever, chikungunya, and ...

Results: We detected three strains of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), five strains of Getah virus (GETV), and 45 strains of insect-specific flaviviruses including Aedes flavivirus (AeFV, 1), ...

As Science News noted, “Even if the mosquitoes prove competent at passing along Zika, there remain questions of whether their tastes, behavior, and ecology will lead them to actually do so.” ...