Sentences with phrase «vector borne disease control»

Vector borne disease control often relies on universal distribution of interventions, such as long - lasting insecticide treated bednets for malaria and mass drug administration for filariasis.

Not exact matches

Republican Congressman Chris Gibson's bipartisan legislation requires the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control to audit available research on vector - borne diseases like Lyme dDisease Control to audit available research on vector - borne diseases like Lyme diseasedisease.

In an effort to combat tick - borne illnesses, county Legislature Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) has introduced new legislation to step up pressure on Suffolk County Vector Control, which is in charge of controlling the spread of insect - borne diseases.

Preliminary results of the study were presented at a World Health Organization (WHO) evidence review group meeting, while UNITAID has issued a call for further research into the use of endectocide class drugs, of which ivermectin is currently the only one registered for human use, as new vector control tools in the fight against malaria and other mosquito borne disease.

«We've been seeing growing evidence of the association between Zika and congenital central nervous system malformations, not just microcephaly, since the first cases were picked up,» says Wim Van Bortel, senior expert on vector - borne diseases at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Solna, Sweden.

«This response has been the most complex outbreak response for CDC,» said Ben Beard, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector - Borne Diseases, in an email.

Marcia Castro's research focuses on infectious diseases (particularly mosquito borne), environmental change and health, environmental management for vector control, spatial patterns of disease transmission, and infant & child mortality.

CARMICHAEL REPLIES: Vaccinating animals is an intriguing idea and one that is clearly more applicable for vector - borne diseases with nonhuman reservoirs (for example, vaccinating dogs to control both canine and human visceral leishmaniasis transmission).

While certainly not a panacea for mosquito - borne disease, this research does suggest new directions for controlling these important disease vectors, especially in places where introduced species are utilized heavily.

«Anywhere with these vectors — Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and to some degree Aedes albopictus — could get this virus and have local transmission,» says Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist and expert in mosquito - borne diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dengue Branch, Division of Vector - Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan 00971, Puerto Rico.

In 2013, India's National Vector Borne Diseases Control Program reported that the country had experienced an annual average of 20,474 dengue cases and 132 dengue - related deaths since 2007, but infectious disease experts believe those official numbers likely reflect only a small fraction of actual cases.

While it is well known that some individuals within the same community may be exposed to a different number of mosquito bites, very few studies have been carried out to measure the causes of that heterogeneity, or variance, to understand its impact on the control of vector - borne diseases in a way that is relevant to decision making.

«The results suggest that caution should be used when releasing Wolbachia - infected mosquitoes into nature to control vector - borne diseases of humans.»

That knowledge, combined with earlier research by Rey and others, could hint at novel ways to block the virus from infecting cells, says virologist John Roehrig of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector - Borne Diseases in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Climate change effects on the geographical distribution and incidence of vector - borne diseases in other countries where these diseases are already found can also affect North Americans, especially as a result of increasing trade with, and travel to, tropical and subtropical areas.63, 197 Whether climate change in the U.S. will increase the chances of domestically acquiring diseases such as dengue fever is uncertain, due to vector - control efforts and lifestyle factors, such as time spent indoors, that reduce human - insect contact.

Brian O. Ma & Bernard D. Roitberg — 2008 (8)([email protected]) Keywords: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae, dynamic state variable model, foraging behaviour, mosquitoes, omnivores, resource availability, state - dependence, vector - borne disease control

Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector - Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

That's one reason I took notice of this week's report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about vector - borne illnesses, a.k.a. diseases spread by insects like ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes.

Keeping your pet current on their flea and tick control medication can help prevent the following vector - borne diseases:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) Division of Vector - Borne Diseases (DVBD).

The mission of Corpus Christi Animal Care Services & Vector Control is to promote responsible pet ownership, prevent the spread of animal - borne diseases and protect the public by seizing stray public nuisance animals.

Targeting vectors as part of a preventive approach to controlling mosquito - borne human diseases has been critically important for decades, but has received much less attention in companion animal disease prevention.

Current advice on parasite control: vector - borne diseases - Lyme disease.

Most of the tick control products we are recommending are also effective against mosquitoes and fleas two more vectors recently associated with spirochete transfer and vectors of blood borne diseases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week that cases of vector - borne diseases tripled from 2004 to 2016.

Driven by our Community Vector Control Operations and our BugOut Precinct System, we're working hard to significantly reduce the population of mosquitoes that spread Zika, dengue, and other vector - borne disVector Control Operations and our BugOut Precinct System, we're working hard to significantly reduce the population of mosquitoes that spread Zika, dengue, and other vector - borne disvector - borne diseases.

Detecting impacts of climate change on human vector - borne diseases remains difficult, in part, because active mitigations, such as vector - control, antimicrobials, and improved infrastructure can complicate detection of a climate signal.

And as a global leader in vector control, we've worked for many years to improve and expand products designed to protect human health against vector - borne diseases in the United States and globally.