The "auto-dissemination" approach: a novel concept to fight Aedes albopictus in urban areas.

• Hauptverfasser: Beniamino Caputo (Verfasst von), Annamaria Ienco (Verfasst von), Daniela Cianci (Verfasst von), Marco Pombi (Verfasst von), Vincenzo Petrarca (Verfasst von), Alberto Baseggio (Verfasst von), Gregor J Devine (Verfasst von), Alessandra della Torre (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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The main constraint to the fight against container-breeding mosquito vectors of human arboviruses is the difficulty in targeting the multiplicity of larval sources, mostly represented by small man-made water containers. The aim of this work is to assess the feasibility of the "auto-disseminatio...