Disease vector control is rapidly changing, both because of the emergence of resistance to conventional methods and the development of new and potentially game-changing techniques. This book reviews several current and future measures for controlling mosquito vectors of disease, with an emphasis on malaria vectors.
Beginning with an introduction to the topic of mosquito ecology and sampling methods, the book then covers several vector-borne disease control methods. The emphasis in many of these methods is for the sufferers of the diseases to take charge of their monitoring and control.
Tackling the problems facing mosquito control, the authors review the important issues of education, economic considerations and climate change before concluding with a consideration of the politics and practicalities of method choice and implementation. This book is a thought-provoking concise and practical resource for anyone interested in primary healthcare and tackling or studying mosquito disease vectors.
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Carla A Sousa is an Assistant Professor in the Medical Parasitology Unit of Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT) at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal. She has developed studies on the bio-ecology, systematics, genetics and control of disease vectors, particularly mosquitoes, and has both teaching and research (laboratorial and field work) experience in Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cabo Verde São Tomé e Príncipe, Macau and Guinea-Bissau. Dr Sousa acted as a consultant for Madeira Health authorities during the Dengue outbreak in 2012, and as a WHO consultant during Mozambique’s Dengue outbreak in 2014. Since 2012, she has also been a consultant for the Portuguese National Directorate of Health.
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