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Measurement of overall insecticidal effects in experimental hut trials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: The 'overall insecticidal effect' is a key measure used to evaluate public health pesticides for indoor use in experimental hut trials.
A Le Menach   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Do topical repellents divert mosquitoes within a community? Health equity implications of topical repellents as a mosquito bite prevention tool. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
OBJECTIVES: Repellents do not kill mosquitoes--they simply reduce human-vector contact. Thus it is possible that individuals who do not use repellents but dwell close to repellent users experience more bites than otherwise.
DC Chavasse   +22 more
core   +15 more sources

VectorNet: Putting Vectors on the Map

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
Public and animal health authorities face many challenges in surveillance and control of vector-borne diseases. Those challenges are principally due to the multitude of interactions between vertebrate hosts, pathogens, and vectors in continuously ...
Marieta Braks   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative susceptibility of mosquito populations in North Queensland, Australia to oral infection with dengue virus. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Dengue is the most prevalent arthropod-borne virus, with at least 40% of the world's population at risk of infection each year. In Australia, dengue is not endemic, but viremic travelers trigger outbreaks involving hundreds of cases.
Anderson   +47 more
core   +2 more sources

Using a New Odour-Baited Device to Explore Options for Luring and Killing Outdoor-Biting Malaria Vectors: A Report on Design and Field Evaluation of the Mosquito Landing Box. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Mosquitoes that bite people outdoors can sustain malaria transmission even where effective indoor interventions such as bednets or indoor residual spraying are already widely used.
A Hiscox   +88 more
core   +3 more sources

SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF MOSQUITO SPECIESIN A RAINFOREST COMMUNITY OF SOUTHEAST NIGERIA

open access: yesThe Bioscientist, 2023
Mosquitoes are important vector of parasitic diseases. This study was conducted in Awka South LGA, Anambra State, between October 2017 and September 2018to determine the effects of rainfall, temperature, and relative humidity on mosquito species ...
K. C Irikannu   +8 more
doaj  

The impact of low erythrocyte density in human blood on the fitness and energetic reserves of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background Anaemia is a common health problem in the developing world. This condition is characterized by a reduction in erythrocyte density, primarily from malnutrition and/or infectious diseases such as malaria.
A Dao   +54 more
core   +3 more sources

Mosquito Control in Poland: Pro- and Anti-Environmental Activities

open access: yesEnvironmental Protection and Natural Resources, 2014
Mosquito control in Poland is still dominated by the use of chemicals. Although it has been 13 years since the flood of the century, only in few cities and towns (Wroclaw, Gorzow Wielkopolski and Torun) various methods of mosquito control such as mapping
Gliniewicz Aleksandra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacteria as Ovipositional Attractants for \u3ci\u3eCulex Pipiens\u3c/i\u3e (Diptera: Culicidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) The study of factors and mechanisms involving ovipositional attractants in mosquitoes is still a relatively new area of research.
Rockett, C. Lee
core   +2 more sources

Phylogeny of Anopheles (Kerteszia) (Diptera: Culicidae) Using Mitochondrial Genes

open access: yesInsects, 2020
Identification of mosquito species is necessary for determining the entomological components of malaria transmission, but it can be difficult in morphologically similar species. DNA sequences are largely used as an additional tool for species recognition,
Karin Kirchgatter   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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