Mosquito & Vector News
We Asked Pest Pros If Marigolds Keep Mosquitoes Away, and We Wish We Knew This Sooner
From The Spruce July 1, 2025 Many homeowners and gardeners grow marigolds to deter mosquitoes and other pests. But do marigolds repel mosquitoes effectively, or are there better ways to…
What is the optimal In2Care stations density to achieve Aedes aegypti population reduction in a dengue endemic setting?
Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee Tristao, W., et al. 2025. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 19(6): e0013264. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013264 Abstract Background Autodissemination traps are among the most innovative strategies for…
Bayesian population-based assessment of ascertainment biasin flea-borne typhus surveillance in California
Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee 2011–2019. K Yomogida, et al. 2025. Med Vet Entomol https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12816 Abstract. In California, public health disease surveillance data for flea-borne typhus (FBT) are generated…