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Kevin Myles, Ph.D., Department of Entomology professor, with containers of mosquitoes used in his research. Myles latest study revealed immune pathways that could be disabled making the mosquitoes more susceptible to the diseases they carry and pass to humans. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Michael Miller)

Immune pathways that protect mosquitoes from human pathogens, including West Nile, Zika and dengue viruses were disabled by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists.The research study, “RNA interference is essential to modulating the pathogenesis of mosquito-borne viruses in the yellow fever mosquitoAedes aegypti,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

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