The mosquito borne diseases of public health importance are complex and their occurrence depends on the interaction of various biological, ecological, social and economic factors. Though several measures for their prevention and control are followed, yet the problem density is too high with 300–500 million cases and 1.1–2.7 million deaths due to malaria alone globally per year1. Puducherry (ear...

Assembly Bill 1982 provides funding to implement mosquito best management practices (BMPs) at wildlife areas managed by the California Department of Fish and Game. The first year of the program is 2005-2006. A protocol for sampling immature mosquitoes (larvae and pupae) is outlined in this document. The document is intended to focus on three wildlife areas, but is likely applicable to other wil...

BACKGROUND Biological control methods are once again being given much research focus for malaria vector control. This is largely due to the emerging threat of strong resistance to pesticides. Larvivorous fish have been used for over 100 years in mosquito control and many species have proved effective. In the western Kenyan highlands the larvivorous fish Oreochromis niloticus L. (Perciformes: Ci...

Since its introduction and establishment in Italy during the early 1990s, the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has spread over large parts of Italy and other Mediterranean countries. Aedes albopictus is both a nuisance and a competent vector for various arthropod-borne pathogens. Although efficient traps for Ae. albopictus exist and are used for population monitoring, their use as a cont...

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has used dry ice-baited light traps to monitor mosquito populations on Key Largo since 2003. This paper describes the methodology of trapping, habitat and dataset adult from 18 years weekly monitoring a single site Largo, Monroe County, FL, USA. data provides previously unpublished trapping location in Florida. Two new species have been added previousl...

Introduction: Dengue is one of the most important arboviral disease in Kerala. Development control measures mainly depends upon knowledge regarding bionomics mosquito. The larval indices are methods entomological surveillance, which can predict outbreak mosquito borne diseases. hospital premises need to be free and safe place for staff patients. Hence, present study was done calculate standardi...

The direct monitoring of mosquito populations in field settings is a crucial input for shaping appropriate and timely control measures for mosquito-borne diseases. Here, we demonstrate that commercially available mobile phones are a powerful tool for acoustically mapping mosquito species distributions worldwide. We show that even low-cost mobile phones with very basic functionality are capable ...

To date around 3500 different species of mosquito have been described, several tens of which are vectors of pathogens of remarkable interest in public health. Mosquitoes are present all around the world showing a great ability to adapt to very different types of habitats where they play relevant ecological roles. It is very likely that components of the mosquito microbiota have given the mosqui...