Mosquito

Researchers found that lenacapavir, an investigational long-acting antiretroviral drug, prevented 100% of new HIV infections among cisgender women in Africa who received injections every 26 weeks.

Researchers developed a low-cost rapid test to detect an invasive species of mosquito that has adapted to live near humans in urban environments, which they hope can be used in areas far from medical labs.

Scientists should conduct routine surveillance of Everglades virus — a subtype of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus — endemic to South Florida because it has the potential to jump to humans, researchers said.

The Asian mosquito Anopheles stephensi, linked to a 40-fold increase in malaria cases in Djibouti over the last decade, has been blamed for an unprecedented dry-season malaria outbreak in Ethiopia, according to a study.

A West Nile vaccine plan that targets older people in areas of the United States with a high incidence of the virus would be a more cost-effective strategy than an age-based strategy alone, or a national plan, researchers said.

Researchers have been exploring the use of genetically modified mosquitos as a potential control method for vector-borne diseases.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can obtain and transmit Zika virus more easily than a sub-Saharan Africa-dwelling relative, potentially explaining why the Americas suffered a large Zika outbreak and Africa did not, researchers said.

The CDC and the American Mosquito Control Association collaborated to create the first-ever resource that can be used to guide mosquito control in areas affected by natural disasters, including hurricanes and floods.

For this year’s World Mosquito Day, the CDC called attention to the “worrying” spread of Anopheles stephensi — an urban mosquito that spreads quickly in man-made habitats.

Cases of dengue infection declined significantly in areas of Australia, Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam where lab-grown mosquitos carrying Wolbachia were released, according to findings presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting.