A female Culex restuans mosquito that was collected in Maryland. This type of mosquito is a proven vector associated with the transmission of West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis. Photo via ...

An undated photo of a female Culex mosquito taking a blood meal from a person. Mosquitos require blood for their reproductive cycles, but can also be a serious vector in spreading diseases, such as ...

A female Culex quinquefasciatus, also known as the southern house mosquito, is shown resting. (Photo by Lauren Bishop/U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Rhode Island’s second case of ...

Public health officials are advising anyone planning on celebrating Fourth of July outdoors that millions of the genus of mosquito, known as Culex, which carries West Nile virus are stealth and hungry ...

FILE PHOTO - This 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito on the skin of a human host. (James Gathany/CDC via AP) ...