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  2. Disease Vector Education Center - Wikipedia

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    [3] The education center opened in 2024 and is operated by the Anastasia Mosquito Control District, which is a special district funded by the taxpayers of St. Johns County, Florida. [4] It cost $4.5 million to build and is 6,000 square feet. [5]

  3. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. C-34 Mosquito Impoundment Project - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. Mosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California ...

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    Mosquito control agencies in Southern California are desperate to tamp down an invasive mosquito — called Aedes aegypti — that has exploded in recent years. Itchy, unhappy residents are ...

  6. Anopheles claviger - Wikipedia

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    Anopheles claviger is a mosquito species found in Palearctic realm covering Europe, North Africa, northern Arabian Peninsula, and northern Asia. It is responsible for transmitting malaria in some of these regions. [1] [2] [3] The mosquito is made up of a species complex consisting of An. claviger sensu stricto and An. petragnani Del Vecchio.

  7. Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of ...

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    A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

  8. Oxitec - Wikipedia

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    Oxitec was founded in 2002 as Oxford Insect Technologies in the United Kingdom by Luke Alphey and David Kelly, working with Oxford University's Isis Innovation technology transfer company. [3] In August 2015, Oxitec was purchased by U.S.-based Intrexon for $160 million, [4] [5] [6] and by US-based Third Security in early 2020. [7]

  9. Metofluthrin - Wikipedia

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    Metofluthrin is a pyrethroid used as an insect repellent. [1] The vapors of metofluthrin are highly effective and capable of repelling up to 97% of mosquitoes in field tests. [2]