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Independent evaluation of Wolbachia infected male mosquito releases for control of Aedes aegypti in Harris County, Texas, using a Bayesian abundance estimator
Posted by Vector and Vector-borne Disease Committee December 7, 2022 S Lozano [nkq3@cdc.gov] et al. PLoS NTD Nov 14, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010907 Abstract [condensed]. We evaluated the effect of releases of…
Comparing Satellite and Ground-Based Measurements of Environmental Suitability for Vector Mosquitoes in an Urban Landscape
Posted by Vector and Vector-borne Disease Committee December 7, 2022 A McMahon, CMB Franca, MC Wimberly [email: mcwimberly@ou.edu]. Journal of Medical Entomology 59: 1936–1946, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac145. Abstract [condensed] We investigated how…
A new species of tick, Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis (Acari: Ixodidae), from the Amargosa Valley of California
Posted by Vector and Vector-borne Disease Committee December 1, 2022 LH Backus, JE Foley et al. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 13(6):102020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102020 Abstract [condensed] Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis, n. sp. (Acari:…