Doctor Shinji Kasai is somewhat of hero within the mosquito community. Dr. Kasai is a molecular biologist who has devoted his entire career and much [...]
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Seeing the forest through the trees is an expression you may not think of when the topic of global warming comes up. However, 31% of [...]
Djibouti is a small country of around 900,000 inhabitants on the Horn of Africa that rests on the shores of Bab al-Mandab strait, just 20 [...]
The debate about whether climate change is a real phenomenon – and whether humankind is responsible for the alarming rise in greenhouse gas (GHG) levels [...]
The impacts of severe malaria cases on children are well documented, but the effects of mild infections on child development are less understood. The statistics [...]
The notion of One Health – the combined and connected health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment – is both simple and ancient. The [...]
It would be extremely difficult to calculate, with any high degree of accuracy, the global economic impact of insecticide resistance. For starters, we must consider [...]
For mosquito abatement and vector control professionals, insecticide resistance is an ongoing battle that ultimately manifests at the local level. As attendees at the 2022 [...]
Presenting to an audience of some 600 online attendees at the Global Mosquito Resistance Management Summit, Professor Charles S. Wondji of The Liverpool School of [...]
Gabriela González Olvera, PhD, works within the Collaborative Unit for Entomological Bioassays, University of Yucatan, Mexico; and is part of an ongoing effort that involves [...]
As part of its international outlook, the Global Mosquito Resistance Management Summit (held online in late March 2022) featured a review of insecticide resistance status [...]
After detecting insecticide resistance, understanding resistance management methods is key. This was the takeaway from a presentation from Dina Fonseca of the Rutgers University Center [...]
Click on image to enlarge Janet McAllister, the distinguished PhD Medical Entomologist from the CDC Arboviral Diseases Branch of the CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, [...]
Innovation stemming from research is clearly the path to future progress in pursuit of resistance-breaking interventions for vector control. Mark Clifton, Executive Director of Chicago’s [...]
Collier County Mosquito Control District’s Dr. Keira Lucas has become one of the most trusted authorities on mosquito insecticide resistance in the southeastern United States. [...]
Understanding insecticide resistance mechanisms, their prevalence among mosquito species, and standard resistance testing methods are critical first steps in effectively managing resistance. These foundational concepts [...]
COVID-19 taught us many lessons. It shined a spotlight on what Public Health professionals deal with every day: no matter where in the world we [...]
Silas Majambere, Université des sciences, des techniques et des technologies de Bamako Globally more than 400,000 people die of malaria annually. Africa carries a disproportionate [...]
Insecticide resistance is a global problem that poses mounting challenges to human health. Insects' ability to quickly adapt to chemical interventions renders products ineffective and [...]
Let's take a moment and discuss some key precepts that relate strongly to Public Health and more narrowly, to vector-borne disease management: a proactive vs. [...]