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Long-Term Durability and Public Health Impact of City-Wide wMel Wolbachia Mosquito Releases in Niterói, Brazil, During a Dengue Epidemic Surge

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
In 2024, the Americas experienced the largest dengue outbreak on record and Brazil was among the worst affected countries, reporting 6.6 million cases and 6200 deaths.
Katherine L. Anders, Gabriel Sylvestre Ribeiro, Renato da Silva Lopes, Pilar Amadeu, Thiago Rodrigues da Costa, Thais Irene Souza Riback, Karlos Diogo de Melo Chalegre, Wesley Pimentel de Oliveira, Cátia Cabral da Silva, Marcos Vinicius Ferreira Mendes Blanco, Ana Lucia Fontes Eppinghaus, Fabio Villas Boas, Tibor Frossard, Benjamin R. Green, Scott L. O’Neill, Peter A. Ryan, Cameron P. Simmons, Luciano A. Moreira   +17 more
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Numerical analysis of predatory potentiality of Toxorhynchites splendens against larval Aedes albopictus in laboratory and semi-field conditions

Scientific Reports, 2023
Larvae of the elephant mosquitoes, Toxorhynchites spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) are predacious on larvae of other mosquito species and some small aquatic organisms; this predatory behavior can be applied in (mosquito) vector control.
Rajesh Kumar Malla, Koushik Kumar Mandal, Sunanda Burman, Shubhaisi Das, Anupam Ghosh, Goutam Chandra   +5 more
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Mosquito Net Coverage and Utilisation for Malaria\ud Control in Tanzania\ud [PDF]

, 2008
\ud In recent years malaria parasites have developed resistance to the most commonly used antimalarial drugs in Tanzania, posing a major challenge for its control.
Emidi, B., Emmanuel, E., Kabula, B.I., Kalinga, A.K., Kaluwa, B., Kitau , J., Kitua, A.Y., Magesa , S.M., Manga , C., Mayala, B.K., Mbilu, T., Mboera, L.E.G., Nkya , G.M., Nkya, T., Senkoro, K.P., Temu, M.M.   +15 more
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Sterile insect technology for control of Anopheles mosquito: a mathematical feasibility study [PDF]

, 2011
Anopheles mosquito is a vector responsible for the transmission of diseases like Malaria which a_ect many people. Hence its control is a major prevention strategy.
Anguelov, Roumen, Dumont, Yves, Lubuma, Jean   +2 more
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Efficacy of Two Common Methods of Application of Residual Insecticide for Controlling the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), in Urban Areas [PDF]

, 2015
After its first introduction in the 1980's the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), has spread throughout Southern Europe. Ae. albopictus is considered an epidemiologically important vector for the transmission of many viral pathogens such as ...
Baseggio, A., Drago, A., Manella, P., Marini, L., Martini, S., Mazzon, L., Romi, R.   +6 more
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Diuresis and α-glucosidase inhibition by erythritol in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and viability for efficacy against mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors
Background Sugar alcohols, such as erythritol, are low-impact candidates for attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) to kill mosquitoes. To determine whether erythritol has a viable future in ATSB formulations, a suite of assays was conducted to diagnose ...
Irvane E. Nelson, Kobi A. Baker, Ary Faraji, Gregory S. White, Christopher S. Bibbs   +4 more
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Relevant microclimate for determining the development rate of malaria mosquitoes and possible implications of climate change [PDF]

, 2010
Background The relationship between mosquito development and temperature is one of the keys to understanding the current and future dynamics and distribution of vector-borne diseases such as malaria.
Paaijmans, K.P., Imbahale, S.S., Thomas, M.B., Takken, W.   +3 more
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The impact of city-wide deployment of Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes on arboviral disease incidence in Medellín and Bello, Colombia: study protocol for an interrupted time-series analysis and a test-negative design study

F1000Research, 2020
Background: Dengue, chikungunya and Zika are viral infections transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, and present major public health challenges in tropical regions.
Estefanía Muñoz, Suzanne M Dufault, Eduardo Santacruz, Ivan D. Velez, Sandra L. Duque, Simon C. Kutcher, Jovany Barajas, Alexander Uribe, Ana Cristina Patino, Sandra Gonzalez, Luis Martínez, Lina Zuluaga, María Patricia Arbelaez, María Camila Mejia, Nicholas P. Jewell, Henry Pulido, Cameron P. Simmons, Scott L. O'Neill, Stephanie K. Tanamas, Katherine L. Anders   +19 more
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Spatial and temporal hot spots of Aedes albopictus abundance inside and outside a South European metropolitan area [PDF]

, 2016
Aedes albopictus is a tropical invasive species which in the last decades spread worldwide, also colonizing temperate regions of Europe and US, where it has become a public health concern due to its ability to transmit exotic arboviruses, as well as ...
Caputo, Beniamino, D'Alessandro, A, DELLA TORRE, Alessandra, Filipponi, F, Manica, Mattia, Neteler, M, Rosa, R, Screti, A, Solimini, ANGELO GIUSEPPE   +8 more
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Live calcium imaging of Aedes aegypti neuronal tissues reveals differential importance of chemosensory systems for life-history-specific foraging strategies. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundThe mosquito Aedes aegypti has a wide variety of sensory pathways that have supported its success as a species as well as a highly competent vector of numerous debilitating infectious pathogens.
Akbari, Omar S, Arvidson, Ryan, Buchman, Anna, Bui, Michelle, Li, Ming, Lutz, Eleanor K, Riffell, Jeffrey A, Shyong, Jennifer, Truong, Kenneth, Yang, Ting   +9 more
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