UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Kissing bugs, or triatomine bugs, are the primary vector for Chagas disease, a major public health concern in Central and South America and even the southern United States.

These trends threaten to undermine progress made in tackling animal vector-borne pathogens, including decades of investment and emerging technologies such as harnessing bacteria, genetic engineering ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The term “vector-borne” refers to the way diseases ...

Climate change and industrialization are having an impact on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases, resulting in severe outbreaks even in formerly non-endemic areas. In recent years, there has ...

Over the past 20 years the baculovirus–insect cell expression system has become one of the most widely used systems for routine production of recombinant proteins 1,2,3,4,5,6. A number of ...

Every summer brings an increased threat of diseases spread by ticks, mosquitoes, and other insects. As the temperature climbs and people spend more time outdoors, we are more exposed to bug bites and ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced Friday that half of Kansas is at a high risk for West Nile virus. But if you think Kansas sounds like an odd place for a tropical ...