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A study of the distribution and abundance of the adult malaria vector in western Kenya highlands
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2008 Background A sharp rise in the malaria mortality rate has been observed recently in western Kenya. Malaria is transmitted by mosquito vectors. Malaria control strategies can be more successful if the distribution and abundance of mosquito vectors is ...
Yan Guiyun, Bian Ling, Li Li
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Vector surveillance is essential in determining the geographical distribution of mosquito vectors and understanding the dynamics of malaria transmission.
Nantha Kumar Jeyaprakasam +7 more
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Simulation modelling of population dynamics of mosquito vectors for rift valley Fever virus in a disease epidemic setting. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BACKGROUND:Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is weather dependent arboviral infection of livestock and humans. Population dynamics of mosquito vectors is associated with disease epidemics.
Clement N Mweya +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 A bite from a La Crosse virus (LACV) infected Aedes mosquito can cause La Crosse encephalitis (LACE), which is a neuro-invasive disease that disproportionately affects children under the age of 16 in Southern Appalachia.
R D Rowe +4 more
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Co-occurrence of viruses and mosquitoes at the vectors' optimal climate range: An underestimated risk to temperate regions? [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Mosquito-borne viruses have been estimated to cause over 100 million cases of human disease annually. Many methodologies have been developed to help identify areas most at risk from transmission of these viruses.
Marcus S C Blagrove +5 more
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Maximizing the Potential of Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSBs) for Integrated Vector Management
Insects, 2023 Due to the limitations of the human therapeutics and vaccines available to treat and prevent mosquito-borne diseases, the primary strategy for disease mitigation is through vector control.
Teresia Muthoni Njoroge +2 more
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Genetic elimination of dengue vector mosquitoes [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011 An approach based on mosquitoes carrying a conditional dominant lethal gene (release of insects carrying a dominant lethal, RIDL) is being developed to control the transmission of dengue viruses by vector population suppression. A transgenic strain, designated OX3604C, of the major dengue vector, Aedes aegypti , was
Megan R, Wise de Valdez +6 more
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Mosquitoes as Suitable Vectors for Alphaviruses [PDF]
Viruses, 2018 Alphaviruses are arthropod-borne viruses and are predominantly transmitted via mosquito vectors. This vector preference by alphaviruses raises the important question of the determinants that contribute to vector competence. There are several tissue barriers of the mosquito that the virus must overcome in order to establish a productive infection.
Elisa Lim +3 more
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Zika Virus Mosquito Vectors: Competence, Biology, and Vector Control [PDF]
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Zika virus (ZIKV) (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) has become one of the most medically important mosquito-borne viruses because of its ability to cause microcephaly in utero and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults. This virus emerged from its sylvatic cycle in Africa to cause an outbreak in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia in 2007, French Polynesia in 2014,
Elizabeth B, Kauffman, Laura D, Kramer
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Ceylon Journal of Science, 2020 Mosquito-borne diseases are a major health concern in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. In the absence of specific treatment for many mosquito-borne diseases, vector control in the form of eliminating preimaginal development sites and insecticide
S.N. Surendran +4 more
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