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Evans, Peter J. "Community knowledge, attitudes and practices - urban mosquitoes and sustainable mosquito control." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241460.
Full textGreenfield, Bethany Patricia Jane. "Metarhizium pathogenesis of mosquito larvae." Thesis, Swansea University, 2014. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42819.
Full textROSSI, PAOLO. "Bacterial symbiosis in mosquitoes: from basic research to mosquito borne diseases control." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Camerino, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11581/401854.
Full textLuxananil, Plearnpis. "Studies on mosquito bio-control bacteria." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/147673.
Full textBandzuh, John Thomas IV. "Perceptions of measures to control Aedes mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in Costa Rica." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81449.
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Conway, Michael. "Improving transgenic approaches to mosquito population control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:44ba0b39-cded-4e96-a796-570affd53de0.
Full textGriffin, Lachlan Francis. "Fish as Mosquito Control Agents in Mangroves." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367242.
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Persson, Vinnersten Thomas. "Long Term Studies of Insect Abundances in Temporary Wetlands in Relation to Hydrology, Predation and Bti." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Zooekologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-207841.
Full textLambert, Ben. "Understanding mosquito vectors and methods for their control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2ae215f9-b03a-4ef1-b892-252634f89cef.
Full textEckert, Lesley. "Permethrin for Mosquito Control: Drinking Water Impacts and Treatment." Digital WPI, 2013. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1118.
Full textKaahui, Soncy. "The Future of Mosquito Control: Wolbachia and Genome Editing." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1234.
Full textTomerini, Deanna Majella. "The Impact of Local Government Mosquito Control Programs on Ross River Virus Disease in Queensland, Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366893.
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Griffith School of Environment
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Bhatia, Mrigesh Roopchandra. "Economic evaluation of malaria control interventions in Surat, India." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249409.
Full textTokarz, Ryan E. "Spatial-temporal Distribution of Mosquito Larval Hot Spots in Papoli, Uganda: A Community-Based Approach to Mosquito Control." Scholar Commons, 2017. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7448.
Full textMeyabeme, Elono Alvine Larissa [Verfasser], Hans-Jörg [Akademischer Betreuer] Ferenz, Leon [Akademischer Betreuer] Blaustein, and Matthias [Akademischer Betreuer] Liess. "Mosquito control : improving aquatic risk assessment and effieciency of mosquito control practices / Alvine Larissa Meyabeme Elono. Betreuer: Hans-Jörg Ferenz ; Leon Blaustein ; Matthias Liess." Halle, Saale : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1025201817/34.
Full textRoberts, Gillian Mary. "The combination of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and surface active monolayers for mosquito control." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328501.
Full textAsquith, Ilse Bernadette. "A statistical evaluation and analysis of mosquito repellent combination." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015732.
Full textBreitfuss, Mark, and n/a. "The Effects of Physical Habitat Modification for Mosquito Control, Runnelling, on Selected Non-Target Saltmarsh Resources." Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20031126.074304.
Full textBreitfuss, Mark. "The Effects of Physical Habitat Modification for Mosquito Control, Runnelling, on Selected Non-Target Saltmarsh Resources." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367526.
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Australian School of Environmental Studies
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Jacups, Susan Patricia. "Using statistical methods to evaluate and improve mosquito control for mosquito-borne disease reduction in the Northern Territory of Australia." Thesis, Charles Darwin University, 2011. http://espace.cdu.edu.au/view/cdu:23914.
Full textStaples, Kerry. "Evaluation of a mosquito control intervention and recommendations for development of best practice protocols by the Shire of Kalamunda." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2016. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1800.
Full textMiller, Jane Elizabeth. "Laboratory and field studies of insecticide impregnated fibres for mosquito control." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322486.
Full textLatchford, Jane Ann. "The effectiveness and environmental impacts of runnelling, a mosquito control technique." Thesis, Latchford, Jane Ann (1997) The effectiveness and environmental impacts of runnelling, a mosquito control technique. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1997. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51351/.
Full textByrne, Katharine. "Gene flow and insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244074.
Full textMerryweather, A. T. "Molecular characterisation of esterases implicated in £organophosphate resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384444.
Full textSilva, Juliano Juscelino. "Atividade dos fungos entomopatogênicos Tolypocladium cylindrosporum, Lecanicillium psalliotae e Conidiobolus macrosporus isolados de mosquitos no Centro-Oeste do Brasil em Aedes aegypti." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2017. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/7593.
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Microorganisms are agents of biological control, among them, the entomopathogenic fungi stand out. Tolypocladium cylindrosporum IP419 and IP425, Lecanicillium psalliotae IP456, IP491 and IP492 were isolated from sentinel larvae. Conidiobolus macrosporus IP396 and L. psalliotae IP455 isolated from adult culicíneos. At 5 and 15 days, depending on the fungus, conidia were scraped from sporulated culture plates and adjusted in suspensions. In 30 eggs/ replicate, 50 μL of suspension of the isolates IP419, IP425, IP455, IP456, IP491 and IP492 were applied in five concentrations (3.3 × 103 to 3.3 × 105 conidia/cm2). For IP 396, 2.5 × 104 conidia/cm2 was applied. In experiments with larvae (10 L3/repeat), five concentrations were applied (3.3 × 105 to 3.3 × 107 conidia/ml) for IP419, IP425, IP455, IP456, IP491 and IP492, and (103 to 105 conidia/ ml) for IP396. The controls were treated with distilled water. Adults were exposed to five concentrations (3.3 × 104 to 3.3 × 106 conidia/cm2) of conidia of IP419 and IP425. For IP396 and IP455, IP456, IP491 and IP492, adults were exposed to the sporulated culture. Adult controls were not exposed to fungi. Ten adults were exposed in 4 replicates. There was no significant activity of the isolates tested against eggs. Mortality of larvae treated with T. cylindrosporum was ≤ 90% at the lowest concentration (3.3 × 105 conidia/ml) and 100% at the highest concentration (3.3 × 107 conidia/ml). The LC50 and LC90 were 3.5 × 104 conidia/ml and 6.8 × 106 conidia/ml for IP419 and 5.9 × 105 and 1.3 × 107 conidia/ml for IP425. The TL50 and TL90 for IP419 at the highest concentration (3 × 107 conidia/ml) was ≤ 7 hours. The concentrations applied had a significant effect (P <0.001). In larvae treated with IP396, mortality of L3 increased with conidia concentration, in the highest concentration (105 conidia /ml), was ≤ 57% in 48 h. There was no growth of the fungus on L3 exposed in agar medium for IP396, for T. cylindrosporum the fungal development was ≤ 70%. Mortality of larvae in controls was ≤ 15%. L. psalliotae had no larvicidal activity. Mortality of adults treated with T. cylindrosporum was ≤ 75%. There was fungal development on corpses ≤ 65%, the concentrations applied had a significant effect (P <0.001). The cumulative mortality of IP396 treated adults reached 100% after 5 days, and ≥ 80% over 10 days for L. psalliotae. The results show that T. cylindrosporum and C. macrosporus have potential for integrated control of larvae and adults of A. aegypti.
Microrganismos são agentes de controle biológico, dentre eles, destacam-se os fungos entomopatogênicos. Tolypocladium cylindrosporum IP419 e IP425, Lecanicillium psalliotae IP456, IP491 e IP492 foram isolados de larvas sentinela. Conidiobolus macrosporus IP396 e L. psalliotae IP455 isolados de culicíneos adultos. Em 5 e 15 dias, dependendo do fungo, conídios foram raspados de placas com cultura esporulada e ajustados em suspensões. Em ovos (30 ovos/repetição), foram aplicados 50 μL de suspensão dos isolados IP419, IP425, IP455, IP456, IP491 e IP492 em cinco concentrações (3,3 × 103 a 3,3 × 105 conídios/cm2). Para IP396, aplicou-se 2,5 × 104 conídios/cm2. Em testes com larvas (10 L3/repetição), cinco concentrações foram aplicadas (3,3 × 105 a 3,3 × 107 conídios/ml) para IP419, IP425, IP455, IP456, IP491 e IP492, e (103 a 105 conídios/ml) para IP396. Os controles foram tratados com água destilada. Adultos foram expostos a cinco concentrações (3,3 × 104 a 3,3 × 106 conídios/cm2) de conídios de IP419 e IP425. Para IP396 e IP455, IP456, IP491 e IP492, adultos foram expostos à cultura esporulada. Adultos controle não foram expostos aos fungos. Foram expostos 10 adultos, em 4 repetições. Não houve atividade significante dos isolados testados contra ovos. A mortalidade de larvas tratadas com T. cylindrosporum, foi ≤ 90% na menor concentração (3,3 × 105 conídios/ml) e 100% na maior concentração (3,3 × 107 conídios/ml). A CL50 e CL90 foi de 3.5 × 104 conídios/ml e 6.8 × 106 conídios/ml para IP419 e de 5.9 × 105 e 1.3 × 107 conídios/ml para IP425. O TL50 e TL90 para IP419, na maior concentração (3 × 107 conídios/ml) foi ≤ 7 horas. As concentrações aplicadas tiveram efeito significativo (P < 0,001). Em larvas tratadas com IP396, a mortalidade de L3 aumentou com a concentração de conídios, na maior concentração (105 conídios/ml), foi ≤ 57% em 48 h. Não houve crescimento do fungo sobre L3 expostas em meio ágar para IP396, para T. cylindrosporum o desenvolvimento fúngico foi ≤ 70%. A mortalidade de larvas nos controles foi ≤ 15%. L. psalliotae não teve atividade larvicida. A mortalidade de adultos tratados com T. cylindrosporum foi ≤ 75%. Houve desenvolvimento fúngico sobre cadáveres ≤ 65%, as concentrações aplicadas tiveram efeito significativo (P < 0,001). A mortalidade acumulada de adultos tratados com IP396 chegou a 100% após 5 dias, e ≥ 80% em dez dias para L. psalliotae. Os resultados mostram que T. cylindrosporum e C. macrosporus têm potencial para controle integrado de larvas e adultos de A. aegypti.
Marbiah, Nuahn Tomanh. "Control of disease due to perennially transmitted malaria in children of rural Sierra Leone." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244618.
Full textHammond, Andrew Marc. "The development of gene drives for genetic control of the malaria mosquito." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53131.
Full textAbdoarrahem, Mostafa Mohamed Omar. "Factors influencing the activity of mosquito control agent (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis)." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2010. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54112/.
Full textMolloy, Jennifer C. "Wolbachia-mosquito interactions and engineered female-specific lethality for Aedes-arbovirus control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d7556f27-9f04-4355-9191-9d3477ce5b94.
Full textMorris, Alison Claire. "Genetic transformation of the mosquito Aedes aegypti using a transposable genetic element." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.279703.
Full textTheron, Dirk Leopold. "The biological control of malaria mosquito larvae using smaller indigenous freshwater fish species." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2611.
Full textRightor, John Albert. "An integrated mosquito management program for James City County, Virginia." Thesis, This resource online, 1987. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11072008-063536/.
Full textJenkins, Adam. "Analysis of anopheline mosquito behavior and identification of vector control targets in the post-genomic era." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104489.
Full textThe protozoan Plasmodium falciparum, the mosquito-borne pathogen that causes human malaria, remains one of the most difficult infectious parasites to combat and control. Campaigns against malaria eradication have succeeded, in most instances, at the level of vector control, rather than from initiatives that have attempted to decrease malaria burden by targeting parasites. The rapid evolution and spread of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes is threatening our ability to combat vectors and control malaria. Therefore, the development, procurement and distribution of new methods of vector control are paramount. Two aspects of vector biology that can be exploited toward these ends are vector behaviors and vector-specific insecticide targets. In this thesis, I describe three aspects of vector biology with potential for the development of improved means of vector control: photopreference behavior, long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) targets and epigenetic gene ensemble targets. My studies of photopreference have revealed that specific mosquito species within the genus Anopheles, An. gambiae and An. stephensi, exhibit different photopreference behaviors, and that each gender of mosquito in these species exhibits distinct light-dependent resting behaviors. These inter-specific behavioral differences may be affected by differing numbers of long-wavelength sensing Opsin genes in each species, and my findings regarding species-specific photopreferences suggest that some behavioral interventions may need to be tailored for specific vector mosquito species. Based on the advancement of next-generation sequencing technologies and the generation by others of assembled genomes of many anopheline mosquito species, I have identified a comprehensive set of approximately 3,000 lncRNAs and find that RNA secondary structures are notably conserved within the gambiae species complex. As lncRNAs and epigenetic modifiers cooperate to modulate epigenetic regulation, I have also analyzed the conservation of epigenetic gene ensembles across a number of anopheline species, based on identification of homologous epigenetic ensemble genes in An. gambiae compared to Drosophila melanogaster. Further analyses of these ensembles illustrate that these epigenetic genes are highly stable among many anopheline species, in that I detect only eight gene family expansion or contraction events among 169 epigenetic ensemble genes within a set of 12 anopheline species. My hope is that my findings will enable deeper investigations of many behavioral and epigenetic processes in Anopheles gambiae and other anopheline vector mosquitoes and thereby enable the development of new, more effective means of vector and malaria control
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2015
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Biology
Yusof, Muhammad Zubir. "Mosquito control workers in Malaysia : is lifetime pesticide exposure associated with health impacts?" Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230766.
Full textKröger, Iris Angela [Verfasser]. "The role of crustaceans within an integrated mosquito control management / Iris Angela Kröger." Landau : Universitätsbibliothek Landau, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1048022218/34.
Full textFrancis, Stephen Starko. "West Nile virus in Nevada : mosquito infection rates and weather /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2006. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1440921.
Full text"December, 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-33). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2006]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Nsengimana, Ferdinand. "Comparison of Malaria Control Interventions in Southern Africa." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5918.
Full textAraujo, Anderson Luis Albuquerque de. "Analise matematica de um modelo de controle de populações de mosquitos." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/307407.
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Resumo: Neste trabalho, consideramos um problema de controle ótimo governado por uma equação diferencial parcial parabólica, que modela o crescimento e a difusão de uma população de mosquitos em uma certa região do plano. Para este modelo relativamente simples, mostramos a existência de uma trajetória ótima a ser seguida por uma unidade volante de pulverização de inseticida, no sentido de minimizar um certo funcional que leva em conta a população total de mosquitos bem como os custos da operação. Caracterizamos também tais trajetórias (controles) ótimas pela derivação de suas respectivas condições de otimalidade de primeira ordem. Para isso, usamos o formalismo de Dubovitskii e Milyutin, o qual está baseado na separação de certos cones associados ao funcional a ser minimizado e ás restrições do problema, incluindo a equação. Também analisamos o problema do ponto de vista do método de penalização
Abstract: In this work, we consider an optimal control problem governed by a parabolic partial differential equation, which models the growth and diffusion of a mosquito population in a certain region of the Euclidean plane. For this relatively simple model, we show the existence of an optimal trajectory to be followed by a insecticide spraying device, in the sense of minimizing a certain functional that takes in consideration both the the total mosquito population and the operational costs. We also characterize such optimal trajectories (controls) by deriving their respective first order optimal conditions. For this, we use the Dubovitskii and Milyutin formalism, which is based on the separation of certain cones associated to the functional to be minimized, and to the restrictions of the problem, including the equation. We also analyze the problem from the point of view of the penalization method
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Analise Matematica
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Silva, Filho Cícero Alfredo da 1977. "Problemas de controle ótimo com restrições envolvendo a equação de transporte com renovação." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/307412.
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Resumo: O objetivo do trabalho é o de analisar de forma matematicamente rigorosa dois problemas de controle ótimo com restrições dadas por sistemas de equações diferenciais que incluem a equação de transporte com renovação, bem como um conjunto de restrições para a classe dos controles. Tais sistemas modelam as dinâmicas de populações de mosquitos (considerados em dois grupos: indivíduos jovens, em fase aquática, e adultos) e suas interações com os recursos do meio ambiente (alimentos, por exemplo); além disso, leva-se em conta o processo de maturação da população jovem, a qual fica, portanto estruturada por idade e cuja dinâmica é governada por uma equação de transporte com renovação. Nestes problemas, as populações estão submetidas à atuação de um controle externo, um agente químico, por exemplo, que afeta as respectivas taxas de mortalidade, modificando-as; no caso dos indivíduos jovens, tal atuação pode depender do nível de maturação (idade) do indivíduo. O primeiro problema considera apenas a variação no tempo da população de adultos, enquanto que o segundo problema leva em conta também a sua distribuição espacial. Em cada um desses problemas, mostra-se, sob certas condições, a existência de controle ótimo, isto é, um controle que minimiza um dado funcional objetivo; obtêm-se também as correspondentes condições de otimalidade que caracterizam tal controle ótimo
Abstract: The objective of this work is to analyze in a mathematically rigorous way two optimal control problems with restrictions given by systems of differential equations including the transport equation with renewal, as well as, a restriction set for the controls. Such systems model the dynamics of mosquito populations (considered in two groups: young individual, in aquatic phase, and adults) and their interaction with the environmental resources (food material, for instance); moreover, the maturation process of the population of young individuals is taken in consideration, and thus it becomes age structured and its dynamics is governed by a transport equation with renewal. In these problems, the populations are submitted to the action of an external control, a chemical agent, for instance, which affects the respective mortality rates, changing them; in the case of the young individuals, such action may depend on the individual maturation level. The firs problem considers only the time variation of the adult population; the second problem takes in consideration also its spatial distribution. In each of those problems, it is shown that, under certain conditions, there exists optimal contra, that is, a control minimizing a given objective functional; the associated optimality conditions characterizing such optimal controls are also obtained
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Vyas-Patel, N. "Romanomermis species (Nematoda: Mermithidae), as biocontrol agents for larval mosquito control in East Africa." Thesis, University of Reading, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.255206.
Full textWhite, Stephanie Lyn. "A comparison study of gravid and under house CO2 mosquito traps in Harris County, Texas." Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/85981.
Full textAraujo, Anderson Luis Albuquerque de. "Análise matemática de um modelo de controle de populações de mosquitos." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/307380.
Full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Computação Cientifica
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Resumo: A proliferação de mosquitos em regiões habitadas é uma importante questão de saúde pública, uma vez que tais insetos são vetores de várias doenças infecciosas. Assim, o estudo de técnicas de controle de populações de mosquitos tem um papel relevante na busca da eficiência no seu combate; em particular, a compreensão adequada de modelos matemáticos que descrevem tais situações pode auxiliar na tomada de decisão sobre quais seriam os procedimentos mais adequados para atingir este fim. Com este objetivo, neste trabalho fizemos a análise matemática rigorosa de um certo problema de controle ótimo associado a uma equação diferencial parcial que modela o crescimento e a difusão de uma população de mosquitos em uma região dada. Analisamos o problema de controlar tal população através da aplicação de inseticida por uma unidade volante de pulverização, buscando trajetórias ótimas a serem seguidas por esta unidade a fim de minimizar um certo funcional que envolve tanto a população total quanto os custos da operação
Abstract: The proliferation of mosquitoes in inhabited regions is an important public health issue since these insects are vectors of several infectious diseases. Thus, the study of techniques for controlling of mosquito populations has an important role in the quest for efficient combat techniques; in particular, the adequate understanding of mathematical models that describe such situations may help in the decision process of finding appropriate procedures to attain that. With this goal, in this work we performed a rigorous mathematical analysis of a certain optimal control problem associated to a partial differential equation modeling the growth and spreading of the mosquito population in a given region. We analyze the problem of controlling such population through the application of insecticide by a spraying unit; our objective is to search for optimal paths to be followed by this unit in order to minimize a certain functional that involves both the whole mosquito population and the operational costs
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Analise Matematica
Doutor em Matemática
Acheson, Emily. "Predicting Disease Vector Distributions Through Space and Time Using Environmental and Vector Control Data." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32797.
Full textDongus, Stefan. "Urban agriculture and operational mosquito larvae control : mitigating malaria risk in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2009. http://edoc.unibas.ch/diss/DissB_8749.
Full textHurst, Timothy Parker. "Evaluation of Australian native fish and lavicides for the integrated control of freshwater mosquito vectors /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18164.pdf.
Full textMutunga, James Mutuku. "Molecular, Biochemical, and Toxicological Evaluation of Anticholinesterases for control of the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51210.
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Sikaala, Chadwick. "Community-based monitoring of vector control interventions impact upon mosquito population dynamics in rural Zambia." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2014. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2006479/.
Full textObermayr, Ulla Verfasser], and Joachim [Akademischer Betreuer] [Ruther. "Development and Evaluation of Push-Pull Strategies in Mosquito Control / Ulla Obermayr. Betreuer: Joachim Ruther." Regensburg : Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1107761913/34.
Full textChebabi, Abramides Gisela. "Effectiveness of an Integrated Vector Management control strategy for the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus): a case study in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/117521.
Full textThe Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894), is an invasive species that is currently found in the five continents, spreading from its native area in Southeast Asia through the international trade of used tires and lucky bamboo. In Catalonia it was first reported in 2004 in the municipality of Sant Cugat del Vallès, and has quickly expanded over the last five years to more than 200 municipalities in Catalonia and Alicante. This species is a vector of several arboviruses, and it has been associated with the transmission of dengue and chikungunya virus in several areas of the world causing serious concerns to people and public health authorities. In Europe, the outbreak of chikungunya fever in Italy during 2007, and subsequent autochthonous cases of dengue fever in France and Croatia in 2010, raised the urgency of establishing effective surveillance and control programs for the vector. The objectives of this study were: (1) To evaluate the effectiveness of an Integrated Vector Management (IVM) control strategy of the Aedes albopictus population in Sant Cugat del Vallès; (2) to determine the several key factors affecting mosquito populations in the premises inspected during the “door-to-door” campaigns; (3) to describe the larval containers preferred by the species; (4) to explore the perception and the involvement of the population of Sant Cugat in the control of this invasive species and (5) to propose a standard protocol towards an IVM control strategy at local level. During 2008-2010 an IVM campaign was performed in six neighbourhoods of Sant Cugat del Vallès. The IVM strategy included source reduction campaign (with door-to-door visits), larvicide treatments (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and diflubenzuron), adulticide treatments (alpha-cipermetrin) and cleaning up uncontrolled landfills. The effectiveness of the introduction was evaluated through Generalised Linear Models based on the differences in the abundance of mosquitoes monitored through oviposition traps. In addition in 2010 a larval survey was carried out. In total 3720 dwellings were visited and 820 householders were interviewed. The results showed the number of eggs significantly reduced in the intervened areas in 2008-2009 when compared to the control ones. In 2008, the accumulate median of eggs was 175 and 272 in the intervention and control areas, respectively. In 2009, these medians were 884 and 1668 eggs. In the three study years an association was observed between some environmental factors, such as premises with vegetable garden (15%; CI 95%: 9-20%), stacked materials (15%; CI 95%: 9-20%), coops (5%; CI 95%: 2-8%) as well as commercial premises (11%; CI 95%: 7-15%), and sites with works (3%; CI 95%: 1-6%), with the detection of larval breeding containers. The larval density surveys highlight small containers (≤0.5 l) as preferred breeding sites for this species. In the peridomestic areas of the inspected premises, containers as scuppers, drums, solid waste and buckets were frequently found with Aedes albopictus larval breeding. Citizen cooperation proved to be an essential factor for success. A high level of collaboration by the home onwers, who allowed entry into their private dwellings was attained. These findings suggest that the strategy was effective in reducing the number of eggs. Finally, we propose a protocol building on our practical experience and research on the control of this species over the years of this study. This work might be a model for controlling the populations of Ae. albopictus in other municipalities of the Mediterranean region.