enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Vector control - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_control

   Vector control taking place in the Southern United States during the 1920s. Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the mammals, birds, insects or other arthropods (here collectively called "vectors") which transmit disease pathogens. The most frequent type of vector control is mosquito control using a variety of

3. Disease vector - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_vector

   The Anopheles mosquito, a vector for malaria, filariasis, and various arthropod-borne-viruses (arboviruses), inserts its delicate mouthpart under the skin and feeds on its host's blood. The parasites the mosquito carries are usually located in its salivary glands (used by mosquitoes to anaesthetise the host). Therefore, the parasites are ...

4. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_control

   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 .

5. Rideout: Here's how you can help control the mosquitoes in ...

   www.aol.com/rideout-heres-help-control...

   For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

6. Etofenprox - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etofenprox

   In the public health sector, etofenprox is used for vector control either by direct application in infested areas or indirectly by impregnating fabrics, such as mosquito nets. Etofenprox is used at low volumes to control adult mosquitoes, non-biting midges, and biting and non-biting flies.

7. Arbovirus - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbovirus

   Vector control measures, especially mosquito control, are essential to reducing the transmission of disease by arboviruses. Habitat control involves draining swamps and removal of other pools of stagnant water (such as old tires, large outdoor potted plants, empty cans, etc.) that often serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes.