Mosquito‐borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and filariasis cause an enormous
health burden to people living in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Despite years …

Vector-borne disease is one of the greatest contributors to human mortality and morbidity
throughout the tropics. Mosquito-transmitted diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever …

Genetic manipulations of insect populations for pest control have been advocated for some
time, but there are few cases where manipulated individuals have been released in the field …

Background Worldwide, more than 40% of the population is at risk from dengue and recent
estimates suggest that up to 390 million dengue infections are acquired every year. The …

Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya or malaria affect millions of
people each year and control solutions are urgently needed. An international research …

Eliminating water-holding containers where mosquitoes oviposit and develop (source
reduction) can help manage urban disease-vector mosquitoes. Source reduction requires …

Background In recent years, new strategies aimed at reducing the capacity of mosquito
vectors to transmit dengue fever have emerged. As with earlier control methods, they will …

Background The Wolbachia strategy aims to manipulate mosquito populations to make them
incapable of transmitting dengue viruses between people. To test its efficacy, this strategy …

Background Despite broad consensus on the importance of community and stakeholder
engagement (CSE) for guiding the development, regulation, field testing, and deployment of …

Background Dengue is caused by an arthropod-borne flavivirus. Infection can be either
primary or secondary based on serology, with each stage of the disease characterized by …