Web Links: Mosquitoes
| Heraldsun - August 3, 2010 | |
| Woman with killer instinct nets 4 million mosquitoes A WOMAN has taken a large bite out of Taiwan's mosquito population and won a $3300 cash prize after catching around four million of the bloodsuckers in just one month. |
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| Date Added: August 03 2010 | Visits: 6 |
| Med India - February 19, 2010 | |
| Experts have developed a novel laser system that can wipe out mosquitoes without harming other insects. Intellectual Ventures showcased the system that can allegedly distinguish between different insects and thus target only mosquitoes while others, such as butterflies and bumblebees, go unharmed. |
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| Date Added: March 28 2010 | Visits: 20 |
| New York Times - February 13, 2010 | |
| Using Lasers to Zap Mosquitoes Can consumer electronics be used to combat malaria? Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft’s former chief technology officer, thinks so. His company, Intellectual Ventures, has assembled commonly available technology — parts used in printers, digital cameras and projectors — to make rapid lasers to shoot down mosquitoes in mid-flight. If bed nets are the low-tech solution to combat the deadly disease — caused by a parasite transmitted when certain mosquitoes bite people — the laser is a high-tech one. |
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| Date Added: February 12 2010 | Visits: 28 |
| SciDev.Net Science and Development Network | |
| Climate change and insect-borne disease: Facts and figures Some researchers have called climate change the biggest health threat the world has ever faced. With good reason — it is now an unavoidable truth that the health of the planet is linked to the health of its people. As the world heats up, ecosystems are visibly struggling to cope with the rapid ecological changes. Global warming has already triggered weather changes — from flooding and storms to heatwaves and drought — that are taking a heavy toll on people's health around the world. |
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| Date Added: September 10 2009 | Visits: 140 |
| Science Mag - September 2, 2009 | |
| Puzzling Mosquito May Complicate Malaria Control A newly discovered species of mosquito may complicate malaria-control efforts in parts of Africa. Researchers have identified an insect that looks nearly identical to a species that carries the disease, yet that may or may not transmit malaria. If ongoing studies find that the mosquito does not carry the malaria parasite, vector-control teams could waste valuable resources, including insecticides and bed nets, fighting a harmless insect. |
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| Date Added: September 03 2009 | Visits: 168 |
| Amazing mosquito facts | |
| Amazing true facts about mosquitoes, great for people who like interesting bits of information. Gems like this: Mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet. |
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| Date Added: July 01 2009 | Visits: 117 |
| Mosquito Habitat Reduction: What can you do? | |
| Thompson Nicola Regional District (Canada) web site with handy hints about how to reduce mosquito habitat from developjg on your property | |
| Date Added: March 15 2008 | Visits: 340 |
| Mosquito Control and West Nile Virus | |
| This site gives good practical information about mosquitoes and mosquito control. | |
| Date Added: March 01 2008 | Visits: 225 |
| Mosquitoes - From Breeding to Biting | |
| This Mp3 track is a discussion by Dr Cameron Webb, a Hospital Scientist in the Department of Medical Entomology, ICPMR, Westmead Hospital, who acts as a consultant on mosquito issues to local councils, engineers, and private companies. The track was sourced from http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s1722044.htm |
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| Date Added: March 01 2008 | Visits: 109 |
| ¿Qué pasa con el mosquito? | |
| What's all the buzz about Mosquitoes? - Information site about mosquitoes. This site is in spanish. | |
| Date Added: January 20 2008 | Visits: 364 |
| Ivy Hall School - US | |
| Mosquito pictures and fact page. | |
| Date Added: January 20 2008 | Visits: 148 |
| How Stuff Works - How Mosquitoes Work | |
| In this article, we'll take a close-up look at mosquitoes -- how they breed, how they bite, what diseases they carry and what you can do to control them. |
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| Date Added: January 20 2008 | Visits: 355 |
| University Department of Medical Entomology | |
| Mosquito Key for the common mosquitoes of southeastern Australia |
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| Date Added: November 25 2007 | Visits: 292 |
| NSW Government Health Department site on mosquitoes. | |
| Date Added: November 25 2007 | Visits: 198 |