Indoor Residual Spraying: evaluating novel methods for Aedes aegypti control
The proliferation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito globally in urban areas as well as the evolving resistance to current insecticides is prompting researchers to refine and improve on current vector control methods. Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) has been an effective vector control strategy, but to overcome some of the limits to IRS scalability in dense urban environments such as application time and indoor accessibility, researchers from Mexico, the United States and Australia
Assessing the threat of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Morocco: an Infectious Thoughts interview
In 2015, the mosquito Aedes albopictus was detected in Morocco's capital city, Rabat, threatening the region with the introduction of numerous arboviruses. Recent collaborative research between the Institut Pasteur, Moroccan universities and surveillance centres, has sought to establish the vector competence of these local mosquitoes in a bid to assess the risks of emergence of diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. In this Infectious Thoughts inte
Ailie Robinson (LSHTM): Influence of Plasmodium infection on human volatile odour
At the annual ISNTD Bites conference on vector-borne diseases and vector control, Ailie Robinson, from the London School of Hygiene & Tr
Pr. Gabriella Gibson (University of Greenwich): Vector behaviour & control and surveillance
At the annual ISNTD Bites conference on vector-borne diseases and vector control, Pr. Gabriella Gibson from the University of Greenwich spea
