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Laboratory evaluation of sugar alcohols for control of mosquitoes and other medically important flies

Scientific Reports, 2022
Insecticide application for vector control is the most controversial component of a public health program due to concerns about environmental and human health safety.
Ilia Rochlin, Gregory White, Nadja Reissen, Dustin Swanson, Lee Cohnstaedt, Madeleine Chura, Kristen Healy, Ary Faraji   +7 more
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How to engage communities on a large scale? Lessons from World Mosquito Program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Gates Open Research, 2021
One of the pillars of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Vector Control Response 2017–2030 strategy is the engagement of communities. Among the priority activities, defined by 2022 by the WHO, is the development of plans for the effective ...
Guilherme B. Costa, Ruth Smithyman, Scott L. O'Neill, Luciano A. Moreira   +3 more
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The impact of large-scale deployment of Wolbachia mosquitoes on dengue and other Aedes-borne diseases in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, Brazil: study protocol for a controlled interrupted time series analysis using routine disease surveillance data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2020
Background: Rio de Janeiro and Niterói are neighbouring cities in southeastern Brazil which experience large dengue epidemics every 2 to 5 years, with >100,000 cases notified in epidemic years. Costs of vector control and direct and indirect costs due to
Betina Durovni, Valeria Saraceni, Ana Eppinghaus, Thais I.S. Riback, Luciano A. Moreira, Nicholas P. Jewell, Suzanne M. Dufault, Scott L. O'Neill, Cameron P. Simmons, Stephanie K. Tanamas, Katherine L. Anders   +10 more
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Diel activity patterns of two distinct populations of Aedes aegypti in Miami, FL and Brownsville, TX

Scientific Reports, 2022
The diel biting activity of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L) populations was extensively investigated in the early 1900s to gain more information on the biology of Ae.
John-Paul Mutebi, André Barretto Bruno Wilke, Erik Ostrum, Chalmers Vasquez, Gabriel Cardenas, Augusto Carvajal, Maday Moreno, William D. Petrie, Arturo Rodriguez, Henry Presas, Jesus Rodriguez, Fred Barnes, Gabriel L. Hamer, Jose G. Juarez, Ester Carbajal, Christopher J. Vitek, Xochitl Estrada, Thalia Rios, Jeremy Marshall, John C. Beier   +19 more
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Mosquito-Borne Viruses and Non-Human Vertebrates in Australia: A Review

Viruses, 2021
Mosquito-borne viruses are well recognized as a global public health burden amongst humans, but the effects on non-human vertebrates is rarely reported. Australia, houses a number of endemic mosquito-borne viruses, such as Ross River virus, Barmah Forest
Oselyne T. W. Ong, Eloise B. Skinner, Brian J. Johnson, Julie M. Old   +3 more
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Detecting wMel Wolbachia in field-collected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background The World Mosquito Program uses Wolbachia pipientis for the biocontrol of arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Diagnostic testing for Wolbachia in laboratory colonies and in field-caught mosquito populations has typically ...
Daniela da Silva Gonçalves, David J. Hooker, Yi Dong, Nathan Baran, Peter Kyrylos, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Cameron P. Simmons, Scott L. O’Neill   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A set of ontologies to drive tools for the control of vector-borne diseases [PDF]

, 2009
We are developing a set of ontologies that deal with vector-borne diseases and the arthropod vectors that transmit them. For practical reasons (application priorities), we initiated this project with an ontology of insecticide resistance followed by a ...
Christos Louis, Pantelis Topalis, Inga Siden-Kiamos, Emmanuel Dialynas, Elvira Mitraka, Elena Deliyanni   +5 more
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Mosquito-Borne Viral Pathogens Detected in Zambia: A Systematic Review

, 2021
Emerging and re-emerging mosquito-borne viral diseases are a threat to global health. This systematic review aimed to investigate the available evidence of mosquito-borne viral pathogens reported in Zambia.
Ayato Takada (18295), Nathan Kapata (313492), Walter Muleya (10720631), Obvious Nchimunya Chilyabanyama (11320564), Caroline Cleopatra Chisenga (4720488), Rachel Milomba Velu (17247376), Hirofumi Sawa (251933), Liyali Libonda (17247370), Katendi Changula (10931376), Simbarashe Chitanga (337179), Geoffrey Kwenda (6760319), Masahiro Kajihara (446862), Yasuko Orba (251924), Edgar Simulundu (4848382), Bumbangi Nsoni Flavien (17247367), Michelo Simunyandi (11320570), Monicah Mirai Mburu (15256159), John Tembo (313487), Matthew Bates (17153632), Nicholus Chintu Sande (17247373), Samuel Bosomprah (95945), Benjamin Mubemba (10931370), Roma Chilengi (95946)   +22 more
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Mathematical Modelling of Mosquito Dispersal in a Heterogeneous Environment. [PDF]

, 2012
Mosquito dispersal is a key behavioural factor that affects the persistence and resurgence of several vector-borne diseases. Spatial heterogeneity of mosquito resources, such as hosts and breeding sites, affects mosquito dispersal behaviour and ...
Chitnis, N., Penny, Melissa A, Chitnis, Nakul, Penny, M. A., Lutambi, A. M., Smith, Thomas, Lutambi, Angelina Mageni, Smith, T.   +7 more
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Epidemiological analysis of the Kaohsiung city strategy for dengue fever quarantine and epidemic prevention

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Dengue is endemic in over 100 countries and is an important public health problem worldwide. Dengue fever is not endemic in Taiwan; the importation of dengue viruses from neighboring countries via close commercial links and air travel is ...
Chao-Ying Pan, Wei-Liang Liu, Matthew-P. Su, Te-Pin Chang, Hui-Pin Ho, Pei-Yun Shu, Joh-Jong Huang, Li-Jen Lin, Chun-Hong Chen   +8 more
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