Vector Control and reducing disease transmission
Optimal control of vector-borne disease with direct transmission
... the disease, three controls have been introduced in this ...other control is to do self-prevention effort, for example by cleaning up house compound and wearing insect ...last control is the ...
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Effective Control Strategies on the Transmission Dynamics of a Vector Borne Disease
... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract In this paper, we have rigorously analyzed a model to find the effective control strategies on the transmission dynamics of a vector-borne ...
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The interaction between vector life history and short vector life in vector borne disease transmission and control
... of transmission intensity is in a large part due to its uncom- plicated relationship with disease eradication: if R 0 can be reduced below unity for a sufficient period of time then the disease must ...
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Neural-network based vector control of VSCHVDC transmission systems
... power transmission and distribution systems. An optimal vector control of a VSC-HVDC system which uses an artificial neural network to implement an approximate dynamic programming algorithm and is ...
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The role of vector control in stopping the transmission of malaria: threats and opportunities
... Malaria control, and that of other insect borne diseases such as dengue, is heavily dependent on our ability to control the mosquito populations that transmit these ...of reducing this further is ...
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Malaria transmission and vector behaviour in a forested malaria focus in central Vietnam and the implications for vector control
... Conclusion Vector control tools need to be adapted to the local context taking into account human and vector beha- ...of vector species is essential to under- stand malaria transmission ...
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Paddy disease identification and vector control system (PADICS)
... The objectives to develop the system are: (1) To apply the rule based an expert system technique for paddy production that covers paddy disease and the best pesticide based on paddy di[r] ...
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Broad patterns in domestic vector borne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission dynamics: synanthropic animals and vector control
... domestic vector-borne T. cruzi transmission, and more specific- ally, to examine the interaction between the presence of synanthropic animals and effects of vector ...Chagas disease dif- fers ...
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Impact of spatial clustering on disease transmission and optimal control
... the spatial clustering of farms and potentially the subsequent disease dynamics. Using the same approach as adopted in this paper, this work would provide strong support for the development of ground-truthed ...
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Influence of rearing-water temperature on life stages’ vector attributes, distribution and utilisation of metabolic reserves in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae): implications for disease transmission and vector control
... In the present study, irrespective of temperature regimen, there was a general increase in teneral re- serve accumulation in the larval instars (LI–IV). This was followed by gradual decrease in composition as the life ...
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Spatial targeted vector control in the highlands of Burundi and its impact on malaria transmission
... the transmission but this was not feasible because of ...of transmission intensity is then based only on freshly fed females positive for the circum- sporozoite antigen by unit of time (month) ...
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Fighting arbovirus transmission: natural and engineered control of vector competence in aedes mosquitoes
... the control of DENV in this mosquito [41] were also up-regulated in both strains in response to ...affect vector competence ...strong vector response, at least by a change in the transcriptome, and ...
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Simplified Models of Vector Control Impact upon Malaria Transmission by Zoophagic Mosquitoes
... other vector population parameter does not go to 1, indicating that human blood index is affected by personal protection measures against very zoophagic vectors that are nevertheless fractionally but sufficiently ...
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Transmission dynamics of rabies virus in Thailand: Implications for disease control
... rabies control compaign should be conducted in a suitable-size province with a homogene- ous virus ...to control pet-dog movements via the national mainroad number 323, the primary transporta- tion route ...
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Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review
... Ebola transmission should be feasible when the cases are detected early and managed properly, because this virus is not transmitted through the air or water ...human-to-human transmission can result in the ...
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The impact of temperature changes on vector borne disease transmission : Culicoides midges and Bluetongue virus
... considering vector-borne diseases, especially in temperate regions where climatic fluctuations are ...onward transmission and vector life expectancy, leads to the total transmission potential ...
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The basic reproduction number of African trypanosomiasis disease with a periodic vector population and vertical transmission
... a vector-borne disease transmitted to humans by tsetse ...vertical transmission and latent period is ...the disease is eradicated or ...
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Topography and malaria transmission heterogeneity in western Kenya highlands: prospects for focal vector control
... mined. The geometric mean annual indoor resting vector density and the 95% confidence interval for An. gambi- aes.s. collected at the valley bottom were calculated. Age-specific blood parasite density of ...
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The portfolio effect cushions mosquito populations and malaria transmission against vector control interventions
... malaria vector control and surveillance The implications of the portfolio effect concept should also be considered when interpreting malaria vector sur- veillance data and the predictions of ...
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Malaria transmission after five years of vector control on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... spite of the general reduction in the force of transmis- sion, parasite prevalence and mortality on the island, a number of persistent foci of high transmission remain on the island. Principal among these is the ...
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