Hotspots Page 1 Hotspots Exotic Mosquito Risk Profiles for New Zealand Neil de Wet, David
Slaney, Wei Ye, Simon Hales and Richard Warrick April 2005 1. Aedes albopictus 2. Aedes …

Background This field-based study examined the abundance and species complement of
mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) attracted to humans at four sites in the United Kingdom …

In many areas, the main sources of mosquito vectors are not natural habitats but small
artificial water bodies that are provided unintentionally by humans. Such container habitats …

Abstract Characterization of mosquito breeding habitats is often accomplished with the goal
of guiding larval control interventions as well as the goal of identifying areas with higher …

Aedes vigilax (Skuse) is a pest and vector species associated with coastal wetlands and the
abundance of this mosquito has been identified as contributing to increased risk of mosquito …

Background Zoological gardens contain unique configurations of exotic and endemic
animals and plants that create a diverse range of developing sites and potential sources of …

Coastal realignment is now widely instituted in the UK as part of local flood risk management
plans to compensate for the loss of European protected habitat and to mitigate the effects of …

Background Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise. While climatic factors have been
linked to disease occurrences, they do not explain the non-random spatial distribution in …

Abstract Objective: To describe Queenslanders' awareness, knowledge and attitudes
towards mosquito–borne diseases and their transmission, and to determine which factors …

The incidence and risk of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in Northwestern Europe has
increased over the last few decades. Understanding the underlying environmental drivers of …