<p style='text-indent:20px;'>Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, poses tremendous burden to human health with about 390 million annual dengue infections worldwide. The environmental temperature plays major role in the mosquito life-cycle as well mosquito-human-mosquito transmission cycle. While previous studies have provided useful insights into understanding of diseases, there is little em...

The ongoing resurgence of Aedes aegypti in the Americas--abetted by poor mosquito control, urbanization, and increased air travel--has led to dengue hyperendemicity, more frequent dengue epidemics, and the emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). This article describes a program developed to cope with this situation that emphasizes disease prevention rather than general mosquito control mea...

The mosquitoes are a serious threat to public health, since they are known vector of many life-threatening diseases like malaria, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, chikungunya and dengue fever, which are transmitted by the species of three mosquito genera: Anopheles, Culex and Aedes. Repellency is an important way of preventing vector-borne diseases by reducing man-vector contact. Most commerc...

Editorial 1. Call for collaboration: VBORNET data base and maps of vector distribution and surveillance in Europe 2. Current status of invasive mosquitoes in Europe 3. Public health importance of the invasive mosquitoes of Europe 4. Mosquito surveillance methods implemented in Europe 5. Mosquito control methods in Europe 6. Invasive mosquitoes in the European associate continental and overseas ...

During a mosquito survey carried out in 1994-95, in Macau, southern China, Coelomomyces stegomyiae var. stegomyiae was found parasitizing Aedes albopictus. This constitutes the first record of this genus as potential agents of mosquito control in the area.

The effectiveness of spinosad and temephos for the control of mosquito larvae was evaluated in a tire dump in Allende, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Three groups of 12 to 17 tires located in tree shade were utilized for this study. After the larvicides were applied, samples were collected weekly from 7 randomly chosen tires. The data showed a significant difference between the larvicides and control. Und...

Mosquito-borne diseases with an economic impact create loss in commercial and labor outputs, particularly in countries with tropical and subtropical climates. Mosquito control is facing a threat because of the emergence of resistance to synthetic insecticides. Extracts from plants may be alternative sources of mosquito control agents because they constitute a rich source of bioactive compounds ...

Background and Aims: Although local plants as mosquito repellents are known and used among the different cultures of Africa and beyond, little effort is done to document about the knowledge, usage pattern and their repellency potential in Ethiopia in general and specifically around Gilgelgibe Field Research Centre, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. This study was aimed to assess the ethno botanic...

Mosquito abatement programs contend with mosquito-borne diseases, insecticidal resistance, and environmental impacts to non-target organisms. However, chemical resources are limited to a few chemical classes with similar modes of action, which has led to insecticide resistance in mosquito populations. To develop a new tool for mosquito abatement programs that control mosquitoes while combating ...