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Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus .
Mosquito Alert is a cooperative citizen science project, currently run as a non-profit and coordinated by four public research centers in Spain. [1] The aim of the project is to study, monitor, and fight the spread of invasive mosquitoes transmitting global diseases such as dengue , Zika , Chikungunya or West Nile fever .
The C-34 Mosquito Impoundment Project was a collaboration in the Thousand Islands during the 1970s between Brevard County Mosquito Control, The Florida Medical Entomological Laboratory, and NASA. [1] This project was conducted to test the ability of remote sensing to detect flooding stress in mangroves during flooding for mosquito control .
The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) is an American nonprofit organization and the world's leading organization dedicated to mosquito control. [2] It was established in Trenton , New Jersey , in 1935 as the Eastern Association of Mosquito Control Workers , obtaining its current name in 1944. [ 3 ]
Laurentian University professor Gerardo Ulibarri, who has been studying ways to reduce numbers of mosquitoes since 2003, and had previously developed other types of mosquito control devices, [1] [2] began a study locally to find a way to reduce numbers of Culex mosquitoes which spread West Nile virus and other diseases. Ulibarri and his fellow ...
For example, larvicides can be used in mosquito breeding zones; insecticides can be applied to house walls or bed nets, and use of personal repellents can reduce incidence of insect bites and thus infection. The use of pesticides for vector control is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and has proven to be highly effective. [7]
Mosquitoes in other genera can transmit different diseases, such as yellow fever and dengue for species in the genus Aedes. The genus Aedes has over 950 species. [1] Since breeding and biting habit differ considerably between species, species identification is important for control programmes.
Mosquito Awareness Week or Mosquito Control Awareness Week is held every year in North and South American countries, including the United States. [1] [2] Mosquito Awareness Week is observed annually in late June. [3] [4] A separate Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week (CARPA) is held earlier in the year, typically in April or May. [5]