Tag: Mosquitoes
International Pest Control – May/June 2025 – Vol 67, Nr.3
Starting to sound like a scratched record – a metaphor that only works for some – late again, but better late… Once again climate change has threaded its way through this issue. Even if you are in denial about it being caused by human activities you can’t ignore the real-world impacts. IFAD are investing US$9.2m […]
Hands on course on arthropods
The Parasitology and Entomology team at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France, is organising an entomology course which will be held from the 26th to 30th of August 2019. The title of the course will be: “Hands on Course on Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Significance: A global perspective, from theory to practice”, highlighting […]
Insecticide Treated Bednets for Malaria Control
Mosquitoes have been disturbing humans ever since both have co-existed. The earliest records of nets being used to protect people from mosquito bites are from ancient Egypt, but it was not until the early 1980s that the first trials of insecticide impregnated bednets took place. As evidence for the impact of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) […]
