Insecticide resistance is threatening the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide sprays to control adult mosquito vectors, and so more sustainable integrated management ...

Annapolis, MD; July 31, 2018--The textbook approach to managing disease outbreaks focuses on three factors--pathogen, host, and environment--but it leaves out one critical component in the case of ...

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be hosting a vector integrated pest management course focusing on mosquitoes on Aug. 16-17 in Dallas. The course will be from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Aug.

Requests from Member States for exploration of the potential of applying the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) against mosquitoes in area-wide integrated vector management (AW-IVM) programmes continue to ...

The WHO's plans to bolster global vector control measures blend audacious goals with a sensible approach that could save lives and stimulate economic growth and development in many of the world's ...

The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has hosted a meeting organized by the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) to discuss vector control and gene drive technology. The meeting, ...

Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences and Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria Malaria is a serious, complex and often fatal vector-borne disease caused by the ...