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Surveillance for Mosquito-borne Viruses

EDIS, 2004
There are three very important mosquito-borne diseases that occur in Florida: Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and West Nile fever/encephalitis; all of these diseases are caused by viruses that are transmitted by the bite of an ...
C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly
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Unforeseen costs of cutting mosquito surveillance budgets. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
A budget proposal to stop the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding in surveillance and research for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and West Nile virus has the potential to leave the country ill-prepared to handle new ...
Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec, Luis F Chaves, Scott A Ritchie, Joe Davis, Uriel Kitron   +4 more
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Detection of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes by Molecular Surveillance, Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
The Anopheles stephensi mosquito is an invasive malaria vector recently reported in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, and Ghana. The World Health Organization has called on countries in Africa to increase surveillance efforts to detect and ...
Eric O. Ochomo, Sylvia Milanoi, Bernard Abong’o, Brenda Onyango, Margaret Muchoki, Diana Omoke, Evelyn Olanga, Laban Njoroge, Elijah Omondi Juma, James Dan Otieno, Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Luna Kamau, Cristina Rafferty, John E. Gimnig, Mildred Shieshia, Daniel Wacira, Joseph Mwangangi, Marta Maia, Charles Chege, Ahmeddin Omar, Martin K. Rono, Lucy Abel, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara, Andrew Obala, Charles Mbogo, Lenson Kariuki   +25 more
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The use of drones for mosquito surveillance and control. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2022
AbstractIn recent years, global health security has been threatened by the geographical expansion of vector-borne infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. For a range of these vector-borne diseases, an increase in residual (exophagic) transmission together with ecological heterogeneity in everything from weather ...
Carrasco-Escobar G, Moreno M, Fornace K, Herrera-Varela M, Manrique E, Conn JE.   +5 more
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A handmade trap for malaria mosquito surveillance by citizens in Rwanda. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
For effective sampling of mosquitoes in malaria surveillance programmes, it is essential to include attractive cues in traps. With the aim of implementing a citizen science project on malaria vectors in rural Rwanda, a handmade plastic bottle trap was designed and tested in the field to determine its effectiveness in capturing adultAnopheles ...
Murindahabi MM, Takken W, Hakizimana E, van Vliet AJH, Poortvliet PM, Mutesa L, Koenraadt CJM.   +6 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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Assessment of Mosquito Collection Methods for Dengue Surveillance [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
Abstract BackgroundSeveral methods exist to collect and assess the abundance of dengue vector mosquitoes, i.e. morning adult collection using an aspirator, pupae collection, various ovitraps, whole night collection using human landing methods, and larvae collection.
Garjito, Triwibowo Ambar, Susanti, Lulus, Mujiyono, Mujiyono, Prihatin, Mega Tyas, Susilo, Dwi, Nugroho, Sidiq Setyo, Mujiyanto, Mujiyanto, Wigati, Raden Ajeng, Satoto, Tri Baskoro Tunggul, Manguin, Sylvie, Gavotte, Laurent, Frutos, Roger   +11 more
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A global assessment of surveillance methods for dominant malaria vectors

Scientific Reports, 2021
The epidemiology of human malaria differs considerably between and within geographic regions due, in part, to variability in mosquito species behaviours.
Bram van de Straat, Tanya L. Russell, Kyran M. Staunton, Marianne E. Sinka, Thomas R. Burkot   +4 more
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At the tip of an iceberg: citizen science and active surveillance collaborating to broaden the known distribution of Aedes japonicus in Spain

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Active surveillance aimed at the early detection of invasive mosquito species is usually focused on seaports and airports as points of entry, and along road networks as dispersion paths.
Roger Eritja, Sarah Delacour-Estrella, Ignacio Ruiz-Arrondo, Mikel A. González, Carlos Barceló, Ana L. García-Pérez, Javier Lucientes, Miguel Á. Miranda, Frederic Bartumeus   +8 more
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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, Vincent Omachonu, Marah Clark, Rui-De Xue   +4 more
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