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First official record of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Acre State, Northern Brazil
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2023 Mar 20;65:e20. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202365020. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTAedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1854) was reported in Brazil for the first time in 1986 and has shown marked expansion throughout the Brazilian territory. During a routine activity to control dengue fever conducted by the Division of Entomology of the Municipal Health Department in Rio Branco city, adults and immatures of Culicidae were collected in a peri-urban area. The identified Culicidae forms indicated that they belonged to the species Ae. albopictus. This is the first official record of the presence of Ae...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - March 22, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Ricardo da Costa Rocha Acigelda da Silva Cardoso Janis Lunier de Souza Eliana da Silva Pereira Marcio Fernandes de Amorim Maria Socorro Martins de Souza Cleomar de Lima Medeiros Maria Francisca Mendes Monteiro Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti Marcia Source Type: research
Southeast Asia warned of insecticide-resistant dengue mosquitoes
TOKYO -- A team of researchers led by Shinji Kasai, director of the Department of Medical Entomology at Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, has warned about an increasing number of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes in Southeast Asia. The warning comes after the team found a new…#tokyo #shinjikasai #southeastasia
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dengue virus population genetics in Yogyakarta, Indonesia prior to city-wide Wolbachia deployment
Infect Genet Evol. 2022 May 26;102:105308. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105308. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDengue has been endemic in Yogyakarta, Indonesia for decades. Here, we report the dengue epidemiology, entomology, and virology in Yogyakarta in 2016-2017, prior to the commencement of the Applying Wolbachia to Eliminate Dengue (AWED) randomized trial. Dengue epidemiological data were compiled and blood samples from dengue-suspected patients were tested for dengue virus (DENV). Ae. aegypti mosquito samples were caught from the field using BG-Sentinel traps and tested for the presence of DENV infection. Sequencing of ...
Source: Infection, Genetics and Evolution - June 1, 2022 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Eggi Arguni Citra Indriani Ayu Rahayu Endah Supriyati Benediktus Yohan Rahma F Hayati Satrio Wardana Warsito Tantowijoyo Muhammad Ridwan Anshari Endang Rahayu None Rubangi Riris Andono Ahmad Adi Utarini Cameron P Simmons R Tedjo Sasmono Source Type: research
Insect Experts Say People Should Calm Down About the Threat of ‘Murder Hornets’
Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname “murder hornet” — unless you are a beekeeper or a honeybee.
The Asian giant hornets found in Washington state that grabbed headlines this week aren’t big killers of humans, although it does happen on rare occasions. But the world’s largest hornets do decapitate entire hives of honeybees, and that crucial food pollinator is already in big trouble.
Numerous bug experts told The Associated Press that what they call hornet “hype” reminds them of the 1970s public scare when Africanized honeybees, nicknamed &l...
Source: TIME: Science - May 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Seth Borenstein / AP Tags: Uncategorized Environment News Desk wire Source Type: news
The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases
by Anne L. Wilson, Orin Courtenay, Louise A. Kelly-Hope, Thomas W. Scott, Willem Takken, Steve J. Torr, Steve W. Lindsay
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis exert a huge burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly affecting the poorest of the poor. The principal method by which these diseases are controlled is through vector control, which has a long and distinguishe d history. Vector control, to a greater extent than drugs or vaccines, has been responsible for shrinking the map of many VBDs. Here, we describe the history of vector control programmes worldwide from the lat...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - January 15, 2020 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Anne L. Wilson Source Type: research
