Posts Tagged: Yoosook Lee
There's a Genetic Component to the Host Choice of This Malaria Mosquito
A mosquito that feeds on both humans and cattle and is the primary vector of malaria in east Africa...
Villagers and cattle along the road near Pimperena in southern Mali. UC Davis researchers have announced that mosquito preference for human-versus-animal biting has a genetic component. (Photo by Yoosook Lee, UC Davis)
Host Choice of Malaria Mosquito Linked to Genetics
UC Davis-led research indicates "a genetic component" to the blood-feeding behavior and host choice...
Villagers and cattle along the road near Pimperena in southern Mali. A UC Davis study reports that mosquito preference for human-versus-animal biting has a genetic component. (Photo by Yoosook Lee, UC Davis)
UC Davis Mosquito Researchers Featured in KQED/NPR Pieces
Several UC Davis mosquito researchers are featured in the KQED science article on “How...
The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)
How Far North Will This Mosquito Species Go in California?
It's all over the news...the Aedes aeypti, the daytime-biting mosquito that predominantly...
The Aedes aegypti mosquito. (Photo courtesy of CDC)
UC Davis Researchers Discover 'Super Mosquito' Resistant to Insecticide-Treated Nets
DAVIS--Interbreeding of two malaria mosquito species in the West African country of Mali, has...
Medical entomologist Anthony Cornel (left) and an unidentified villager leave a hut in Mali.
Researchers processing the last night's catch. First author of the research paper, Laura Norris, is on the right side of the table, second down. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)
The collecting buckets drying after a night's catch.
Mosquito research team working in Tanzania. UC Davis researchers are Laura Norris (second from left) and Anthony Cornel (third from left). (Photo by Greg Lanzaro)
UC Davis medical entomologist Gregory Lanzaro (left) with Imam of the village of Kela. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)