Objective Even when initially successful, many interventions aimed at reducing the toll of
water-related infectious disease have not been sustainable over longer periods of time …

Vector control is an important component of the interventions aimed at mosquito‐borne
disease control. Current and future mosquito control strategies are likely to rely largely on …

Vector control has been the most effective preventive measure against malaria and other
vector-borne diseases. However, due to concerns such as insecticide resistance and budget …

The exploration of the chemical ecology of oviposition behaviour in mosquitoes provides the
means to describe the role of volatile organic compounds used by gravid mosquitoes to …

Background The non-random distribution of anopheline larvae in natural habitats suggests
that gravid females discriminate between habitats of different quality. Whilst physical and …

Background Choice egg-count bioassays are a popular tool for analysing oviposition
substrate preferences of gravid mosquitoes. This study aimed at improving the design of two …

The classical models of epidemics dynamics by Ross and McKendrick have to be revisited
in order to incorporate elements coming from the demography (fecundity, mortality and …

In the selection of oviposition sites female mosquitoes use various cues to assess site
quality to optimize survival of progeny. The presence of conspecific larvae influences this …

The attractiveness of oviposition site for malaria vector mosquitoes is dependent upon a
number of physical and chemical factors. Many aspects of mosquito behavior, including host …

Background Characteristics of aquatic habitats determine whether mosquitoes will oviposit,
hatch, develop, pupate and successfully emerge into adults or not, thus influencing which …