vector control 1 Flashcards
When do most anophelines bite?
crepuscular or nocturnal!
Do anophelines feed on man or mouse?
both - anthropophilic
What has endophilia/exophilia got to do with murdering the mozzies?
highly relevant to spraying tactics my friend, as most species are one or the other
What are some other factors that come into play when considering vector control?
larvae distribution, flight patterns
What is the polystyrene bead control tactic?
for CULEX mozzies, expanding poly beads on bodies of water prevent egg laying and suffocate larvae.
What is used to control tsetse flies?
traps, smell like cow urine to attract the flies, fall in and DIE.
What are two low volume sprays/fogs used for AEDES mozzies?
cypermethrin and cyfluthrin
Three biological controls
1) mosquito fish Gambusia affinis 2) spinosad, a toxin from a soil fungus 2)bats/dragonflies/spiders
Onchocerciasis control program?
from 1976-1989, weekly aerial spray of rivers of savannah with ivermectin
APOC?
African programme for Onchocerciasis control, the current spraying program
RBM?
Ongoing 1998 WHO initiative, Roll Back Malaria through use of LLN - long lasting nets combined w ACT
Transgenesis?
population transformation and improved sterile insect technique
paratransgenesis?
transformation of symbionts
cytoplasmic incompatability?
pop reduction or driving beneficial genes back into wild pops
probs with lab mozzie strains?
inbreeding!!
