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Effects of Mosquito Control Chemicals on Aquatic Fauna [PDF]
, 1974 No mosquito abatement districts have ever been organized in Arkansas. Mosquito control efforts have been largely adulticiding operations by either aerial application or ground thermal fogging machines.
Lancaster, J. L., Jr., Meisch, M. V.
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Mapping of Aedes albopictus abundance at a local scale in Italy [PDF]
, 2017 Given the growing risk of arbovirus outbreaks in Europe, there is a clear need to better describe the distribution of invasive mosquito species such as Aedes albopictus. Current challenges consist in simulating Ae. albopictus abundance, rather than its
Arnoldi, Daniele +10 more
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Tropical Medicine and Health, 2018 Background Mosquitoes have developed resistance to multiple classes of insecticides for malaria vector control. A new generation of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLINs) has been developed with increased efficacy against these resistant mosquitoes ...
Aneth M. Mahande +3 more
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Using adult mosquitoes to transfer insecticides to Aedes aegypti larval habitats. [PDF]
, 2009 Vector control is a key means of combating mosquito-borne diseases and the only tool available for tackling the transmission of dengue, a disease for which no vaccine, prophylaxis, or therapeutant currently exists.
Clark, Suzanne J +5 more
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Sustainable control of Anopheles mosquito population [PDF]
, 2014 Despite the widespread use of insecticides, community engagement programmes and preventive measures mosquito borne diseases are growing and new tools to prevent the spread of disease are urgently needed. An alternative control measure for the eradication
Birch, Philip +5 more
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Human behaviors: a threat for mosquito control?
, 2015 Community involvement and the preventive behavior of households are considered to be at the heart of vector-control strategies. In this work, we consider a simple theoretical model that enables us to take into account human behaviors that may interfere ...
Dumont, Y., Thuilliez, J.
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Chapter 9 Gene Drive Strategies for Population Replacement [PDF]
, 2016 Gene drive systems are selfish genetic elements capable of spreading into a population despite a fitness cost. A variety of these systems have been proposed for spreading disease-refractory genes into mosquito populations, thus reducing their ability to ...
Akbari, Omar S, Marshall, John M
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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 +8 more
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SN Applied Sciences, 2022 Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) is an invasive mosquito species and notable vector of several pathogens in the USA. Their cryptic and anthropophilic nature puts this species in close association with humans, where they can also be a nuisance.
Casey Parker-Crockett +3 more
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The Emergence of Japanese Encephalitis in Australia and the Implications for a Vaccination Strategy
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Until 2022, only six locally transmitted human JE cases had been reported in Australia; five in northern Queensland and one in the Northern Territory.
Luis Furuya-Kanamori +5 more
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