Posts Tagged: Aedes aegypti

Congrats to UC Davis Postdoc Olivia Winokur: Winner of AMCA's Hollandsworth Prize

Congratulations to UC Davis postdoctoral scholar and vector-borne disease specialist Olivia Winokur of the Chris Barker lab who won the $2600 Hollandsworth Prize for best student research presentation at the American Mosquito Control...

Congratulating Olivia Winokur (center), recipient of the Hollandsworth Prize for best student presentation at the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) annual conference are Casey Crockett (left), AMCA Student Competition coordinator, and Dennis Wallette, 2022-2023 AMCA president.

Congratulating Olivia Winokur (center), recipient of the Hollandsworth Prize for best student presentation at the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) annual conference are Casey Crockett (left), AMCA Student Competition coordinator, and Dennis Wallette, 2022-2023 AMCA president.

Olivia Winokur: Targeting the Yellow Fever Mosquito

If you've been following the statewide news on the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes ageypti, you'll want to hear a seminar by Olivia Winokur on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Winokur, a UC Davis doctoral candidate and vector-borne disease specialist who...

Vector-borne disease specialist Olivia Winokur of UC Davis with her Dalmatian, Scotty.

Vector-borne disease specialist Olivia Winokur of UC Davis with her Dalmatian, Scotty.

Congrats, Medical Entomologist and Humanitarian Thomas Scott

Congratulations to UC Davis medical entomologist and humanitarian Thomas W. Scott, selected as one of the world's Highly Cited Researchers for the third consecutive year. It's well deserved! Scott, a UC Davis distinguished professor who...

Medical entomologist Thomas Scott studies Aedes aegypti, a mosquito known for transferring dengue and other diseases. (CDC Photo)

Medical entomologist Thomas Scott studies Aedes aegypti, a mosquito known for transferring dengue and other diseases. (CDC Photo)

Mosquito Expert Sylvia Fischer to Give UC Davis Virtual Seminar on Jan. 12

Mosquito expert Sylvia Fischer of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will present the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's virtual seminar on Wednesday, Jan. 12 on "The Recent Expansion of Aedes aegypti Distribution: Are...

This is the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits such diseases as dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. (CDC Photo)

This is the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits such diseases as dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. (CDC Photo)

Geoffrey Attardo: Growing Presence of This Mosquito: 'A Major Public Health Threat'

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, an assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, says that the public health threat of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, cannot be overstated and it's...

"The growing presence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can transmit the viruses that cause Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever as well as the parasite that causes heartworm in pets, is a major public health threat," says UC Davis medical entomologist/geneticist Geoffrey Attardo. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

"The growing presence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can transmit the viruses that cause Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever as well as the parasite that causes heartworm in pets, is a major public health threat," says UC Davis medical entomologist/geneticist Geoffrey Attardo. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

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