Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) Ensemble Distribution Modeling: Applications for Malaria Elimination

CG Rhodes, JR Loaiza, LM Romero… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Costa Rica is near malaria elimination. However, sporadic outbreaks still
occur, and while control strategies have been focused on delivering efficient treatments for …

[HTML][HTML] Aedes albopictus and Aedes flavopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) pre-imaginal abundance patterns are associated with different environmental factors along an …

LF Chaves, MD Friberg - Current Research in Insect Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) is a major global invasive mosquito species
that, in Japan, co-occurs with Aedes (Stegomyia) flavopictus Yamada, a closely related …

Modeling the association between Aedes aegypti ovitrap egg counts, multi-scale remotely sensed environmental data and arboviral cases at Puntarenas, Costa Rica …

LF Chaves, JAV Cordero, G Delgado… - Current Research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Problems with vector surveillance are a major barrier for the effective control of vector-borne
disease transmission through Latin America. Here, we present results from a 80-week …

Malaria elimination in Costa Rica: changes in treatment and mass drug administration

LF Chaves, JH Huber, O Rojas Salas… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Costa Rica is a candidate to eliminate malaria by 2020. The remaining malaria transmission
hotspots are located within the Huétar Norte Region (HNR), where 90% of the country's 147 …

Plasmodium falciparum Genetic Diversity in Panamá Based on glurp, msp-1 and msp-2 Genes: Implications for Malaria Elimination in Mesoamerica

AM Santamaría, V Vásquez, C Rigg, D Moreno… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Panamá, together with all the nations in Mesoamerica, has committed to eliminate malaria
from the region by 2020. As these countries approach malaria elimination and local …

Landscape and Environmental Factors Influencing Stage Persistence and Abundance of the Bamboo Mosquito, Tripteroides bambusa (Diptera: Culicidae), across an …

LF Chaves, MD Friberg, JY Jian, K Moji - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
The bamboo mosquito, Tripteroides bambusa (Yamada)(Diptera: Culicidae), is a common
insect across East Asia. Several studies have looked at the ecology of Tr. bambusa …