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Fighting mosquito bite during a crisis: capabilities of Florida mosquito control districts during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The stay-at-home orders imposed in early April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in various states complicated mosquito control activities across the United States (US), and Florida was no exception.
Imelda K. Moise, Lola R. Ortiz-Whittingham, V. Omachonu, Marah S Clark, R. Xue   +4 more
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Public Perceptions of Mosquitoes and Mosquito Control

EDIS, 2020
The Prevent & Protect publication series focuses on the creation of different material formats to resonate with various audiences and ways to maximize efficacy in communicating about mosquito-related risks and mosquito control topics to the public.
Phillip Stokes, Ashley McLeod-Morin, Angela Lindsey, Sandra Anderson, Alena Poulin, Ricky Telg, Shelli Rampold   +6 more
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of BG-Sentinel and CDC light traps in assessing the abundance, richness, and community composition of mosquitoes in rural and natural areas

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Vector-borne diseases are a major burden to public health. Controlling mosquitoes is considered the most effective way to prevent vector-borne disease transmission.
André B. B. Wilke, Chalmers Vasquez, Augusto Carvajal, Maday Moreno, William D. Petrie, John C. Beier   +5 more
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Aquatain® causes anti-oviposition, egg retention and oocyte melanization and triggers female death in Aedes aegypti

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background In arboviral disease systems where the virus can be transmitted from male to female vectors and from one generation to the next, targeting the female (especially when she is gravid) can help alter the persistence of the virus in nature and its
Hamady Dieng, Storm McLean, Holly Stradling, Cole Morgan, Malik Gordon, Whitney Ebanks, Zoila Ebanks, Alan Wheeler   +7 more
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Florida Keys Mosquito Control District mosquito trapping data between Vaca Key and Lower Matecumbe Key, 2018-2021 [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2022
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) is an independent taxing district in Monroe County, Florida. The mission of FKMCD is to protect the community and visitors of the Florida Keys from mosquito-borne disease and prevent nuisance mosquitoes ...
Heidi Murray
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Efficacy of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments for the control of dengue

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
Background: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia pipientis (wMel strain) have reduced potential to transmit dengue viruses. Methods: We conducted a cluster randomised trial of deployments of wMel-infected Ae.
A. Utarini, C. Indriani, R. Ahmad, W. Tantowijoyo, E. Arguni, M. R. Ansari, E. Supriyati, D. S. Wardana, Yeti Metika, Inggrid Ernesia, Indah Nurhayati, Equatori Prabowo, B. Andari, Benjamin R. Green, Lauren Hodgson, Z. Cutcher, Edwige Rancès, P. Ryan, S. O'Neill, S. Dufault, S. Tanamas, N. Jewell, K. Anders, C. Simmons   +23 more
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Dataset for Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Cross Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2021
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District deploys dry ice-baited light traps to monitor mosquito populations throughout the Florida Keys. Cross Key is an island directly north of Key Largo and via bridges it serves as a link between Key Largo and ...
Lawrence J. Hribar
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Controlling mosquitoes with semiochemicals: a review [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
AbstractThe use of semiochemicals in odour-based traps for surveillance and control of vector mosquitoes is deemed a new and viable component for integrated vector management programmes. Over 114 semiochemicals have been identified, yet implementation of these for management of infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Rift Valley ...
Wooding, Madelien, Naude, Yvette, Rohwer, Egmont Richard, Bouwer, Marc Clement   +3 more
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Invasion, establishment, and spread of invasive mosquitoes from the Culex coronator complex in urban areas of Miami-Dade County, Florida

Scientific Reports, 2021
Species from the Culex coronator complex are Neotropical species and potential vectors of Saint Louis and West Nile viruses. Culex coronator was first described in Trinidad and Tobago in the early twentieth century and since then it has invaded and has ...
André B. B. Wilke, Chalmers Vasquez, Gabriel Cardenas, Augusto Carvajal, Johana Medina, William D. Petrie, John C. Beier   +6 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 ...
Alonso, Angelina Mageni Lutambi, Arino, Arino, Bayoh, Beier, Blower, Britch, Britch, Cano, Cariboni, Chitnis, Chitnis, Clarke, Cummins, Depinay, Gething, Gu, Hay, Hoare, Jeefoo, Jin, Keeling, Killeen, Kirby, Knols, Le Menach, Le Menach, Li, Li, Manga, Martens, Meinsma, Melissa A. Penny, Midega, Minakawa, Mwandawiro, Nakul Chitnis, Ngwa, Nourridine, Okogun, Otero, Otero, O’Sullivan, Raffy, Saul, Service, Service, Smallegange, Smith, Smith, Stoddard, Takken, Tatem, Thomas Smith, Tran, van den Driessche, Vazquez-Prokopec, White, Yakob, Yaro   +60 more
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