Essential Facts About Mosquito Control and Zika Virus

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• 作者：Jerome Goddard ; PhD ; ^{jgoddard@entomology.msstate.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Mosquito control ; Mosquito vectors ; Protection methods ; Zika virus
• 刊名：The American Journal of Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：129
• 期：11
• 页码：1149-1152
• 全文大小：780 K

文摘

The threat to persons living in the southern United States from Zika virus (ZIKV) is both significant and ongoing. Although there are several modes of transmission of ZIKV to humans, mosquito transmission is the primary avenue by which persons become infected. Only 2 mosquito species are likely able to transmit ZIKV to humans in the United States, and information about their biology and control is important to physicians and public health officials. This article discusses ZIKV mosquito vector ecology and control, with emphasis on source reduction and personal protection.