| disease-bearing insects brought in by international aircraft into singapore. | fifty-seven (17.3%) of 330 incoming aircraft landing at changi international airport were found to harbour mosquitoes and other insects on board. the frequency of insects detected in aircraft from the southeast asian countries varied from 7.1% to 32.2%. live insects were found in 5 (6.1%) of 82 aircraft disinsectized by the "block away" method. the species of mosquitoes brought in were: culex quinquefasciatus (96), culex tritaeniorhynchus (1), aedes albopictus (2) and aedes aegypti (1). none of ... | 1985 | 2862709 |
| entomological investigation and control of a chikungunya cluster in singapore. | in august 2008, a team from the national environmental agency conducted an entomological investigation of a chikungunya cluster in singapore, with the primary aim of identifying the vector responsible for the outbreak and to assess the vector control operation. a total of 173 adult mosquitoes were caught using both the sweep-net method and the bg sentinel traps in and around the affected workers' quarters. of these, 120 (69.4%) were aedes albopictus and the rest were culex quinquefasciatus. more ... | 2011 | 21395419 |
| sybr green-based one step quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of zika virus in field-caught mosquitoes. | the monitoring of vectors is one of the key surveillance measures to assess the risk of arbovirus transmission and the success of control strategies in endemic regions. the recent re-emergence of zika virus (zikv) in the tropics, including singapore, emphasizes the need to develop cost-effective, rapid and accurate assays to monitor the virus spread by mosquitoes. as zikv infections largely remain asymptomatic, early detection of zikv in the field-caught mosquitoes enables timely implementation ... | 2017 | 28927458 |
| survival of insects in the wheel bays of a boeing 747b aircraft on flights between tropical and temperate airports. | mosquitos (culex quinquefasciatus), house flies (musca domestica), and flour beetles (tribolium confusum) located in cages within the wheel bays of a boeing 747b aircraft, survived travel on the following normal commercial routes: sydney-melbourne; melbourne-singapore; singapore-bangkok; bangkok-singapore; and singapore-melbourne. survival of all three species was high, averaging 84% for mosquitos and higher for flies (93%) and beetles (>99%). although external temperatures were -42 degrees c to ... | 1987 | 3501345 |