This review addresses' changes in the ecology of vectors and epidemiology of vector-borne
diseases which result from deforestation. Selected examples are considered from viral and …

In recent years, vector-borne parasitic and bacterial diseases have emerged or re-emerged
in many geographical regions causing global health and economic problems that involve …

Background Mass treatment with ivermectin is a proven strategy for controlling
onchocerciasis as a public health problem, but it is not known if it can also interrupt …

Background Mass treatment with ivermectin controls onchocerciasis as a public health
problem, but it was not known if it could also interrupt transmission and eliminate the …

Learn how the climate can affect crop production! Agrometeorology: Principles and
Applications of Climate Studies in Agriculture is a much-needed reference resource on the …

This review summarises more than a century of research on onchocerciasis, also known as
river blindness, and its control. River blindness is an infection caused by the tissue filaria …

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the conditions in which mass treatment with ivermectin reduces
the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus sufficiently to eliminate infection from an African …

Increased transport and trade as well as climate shifts play an important role in the
introduction, establishment and spread of new pathogens. Arguably, the introduction of …

Background: Onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by the filarial worm species
Onchocerca volvulus, is a serious vector-borne neglected tropical disease (NTD) of public …

This paper reviews the application of remote sensing to the study and control of invertebrate
intermediate hosts and vectors for some of the most prevalent of human diseases worldwide …