| entomological investigations in a focus of dengue transmission in cairns, queensland, australia, by using the sticky ovitraps. | sticky ovitraps (patent pending) were used to sample female aedes aegypti (l.) weekly in a focus of dengue activity in cairns, queensland, australia. in february 2003, transmission of dengue virus serotype 2 began in the suburb of parramatta park, peaking in mid-march 2003. this suburb features many older, unscreened houses with high populations of ae. aegypti. highest densities (2-3.5 females per trap per week) were obtained during peak dengue transmission (january and february) before mosquito ... | 2004 | 14989339 |
| a lethal ovitrap-based mass trapping scheme for dengue control in australia: ii. impact on populations of the mosquito aedes aegypti. | in cairns, australia, the impacts on aedes aegypti l. (diptera: culicidae) populations of two types of 'lure & kill' (l&k) lethal ovitraps (los), the standard lethal ovitrap (slo) and the biodegradable lethal ovitrap (blo) were measured during three mass-trapping interventions. to assess the efficacy of the slo, two interventions (one dry season and one wet season) were conducted in three discrete areas, each lasting 4 weeks, with the following treatments: (i) slos (>200 traps, approximately 4/p ... | 2009 | 19941596 |
| arboviral diseases and malaria in australia, 2007/08: annual report of the national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee. | the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss) received 8,671 notifications of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in australia for the season 1 july 2007 to 30 june 2008. this represented a 39% increase from the annual average of 6,259 notifications for the previous 5 years. the alphaviruses, barmah forest and ross river, accounted for 7,760 (89%) of these notifications during the 2007/08 season and represents an increase when compared with the mean of the past 5 seasons. detection ... | 2009 | 19877534 |
| blood sources of mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban environments in eastern australia with species-specific molecular analysis of avian blood meals. | to identify the hosts of mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban habitats in eastern australia, 1,180 blood fed mosquitoes representing 15 species were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and molecular techniques. four common and epidemiologically important species could be classified according to their host-feeding patterns: aedes aegypti was anthropophilic, ae. vigilax was mammalophilic, culex quinquefasciatus was ornithophilic, and cx. annulirostris was opportunistic, readily ... | 2009 | 19861621 |