Article
Engineering, Environmental
Tamara Djerdj, Domagoj K. Hackenberger, Tin Klanjscek, Branimir K. Hackenberger
Summary: This article examines the issue of environmental contamination caused by pest control, particularly mosquito control, and proposes an adaptive management approach. The study reveals that combined larvicidal and adulticidal treatments are less dependent on timing and have the highest chance of success.
STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Chinmay V. Tikhe, George Dimopoulos
Summary: The microbiota of mosquitoes plays a significant role in their biology, impacting processes from larval development to adulthood. By manipulating the microbiota during the larval stage, it is possible to alter mosquito life history traits. Bacteriophages can be used as tools to modulate the mosquito microbiota, providing a potential mechanism for mosquito control.
Article
Entomology
Valentina Mastrantonio, Graziano Crasta, Sandra Urbanelli, Daniele Porretta
Summary: The study showed that cannibalism and necrophagy can enhance individual development and increase adult emergence rate in insect populations, which suggests an important resource loop in temporary aquatic habitats.
Article
Agronomy
Alyssa Lowry, Lena Durocher-Granger, MaryLucy Oronje, Daniel Mutisya, Tibonge Mfune, Christine Gitonga, Monde Musesha, Bryony Taylor, Suzy Wood, Duncan Chacha, Tim Beale, Elizabeth A. Finch, Sean T. Murphy
Summary: This study developed early and late instar larval population emergence and development models of fall armyworm, aiming to improve control effectiveness by predicting the timing of actions. Preliminary trials in Kenya showed the potential of these models in practical applications.
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Yunfeng Liu, Feng Jiao, Linchao Hu
Summary: In this study, the efficiency of releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to reduce the wild mosquito population size and control mosquito-borne diseases was assessed using a coupled system of differential equations. The effects of diffusion coefficient, advection constant, and release rate of infected male mosquitoes on the suppression effectiveness were analyzed. A lower release proportion threshold in homogeneous environments was found, suggesting a potential failure of mosquito suppression when the amount of infected male mosquitoes released is derived in a homogeneous environment.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Emilie Giraud, Hugo Varet, Rachel Legendre, Odile Sismeiro, Fabien Aubry, Stephanie Dabo, Laura B. Dickson, Claire Valiente Moro, Louis Lambrechts
Summary: The exposure of Aedes aegypti larvae to different bacteria triggers significant physiological and genomic changes, causing carry-over effects on adult survival and fitness.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Giovanni Marini, Andrea Pugliese, William Wint, Neil S. Alexander, Annapaola Rizzoli, Roberto Rosa
Summary: This study developed a relatively simple technique to model the force of infection of West Nile virus (WNV) in the human population in Europe. The results showed that temperature plays a key role in WNV transmission and provided insights into how human presence and demography affect the burden of WNV. The findings of this study could be used for early warning and epidemiological investigations of other vector-borne diseases, especially where eco-epidemiological data are limited.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tahereh Sadat Asgarian, Seyed Hassan Moosa-Kazemi, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat
Summary: Meteorological parameters play an important role in the transmission of vectorborne diseases, with mosquitoes being highly sensitive to weather conditions. This study aimed to explore the correlation between meteorological parameters and mosquito abundance in Kashan County. The results showed that mosquito abundance had a weak negative correlation with relative humidity and precipitation, a weak correlation with wind speed, and a strong positive correlation with temperature. Mosquito density peaked in September and decreased in December, with the majority of mosquitoes collected by the BG-Sentinel trap with CO2.
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Zhaowang Zhang, Bo Zheng
Summary: Releasing factory-reared Wolbachia-infected males to suppress wild females has been proven to be an effective method for mosquito vector control. A delay differential equation model is developed to study the interactive dynamics between released males and wild females under a saturated release strategy. Two thresholds on the release rate are found to play an important role in stabilizing the attraction basin of the origin.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Luigi Sedda, Robert S. McCann, Alinune N. Kabaghe, Steven Gowelo, Monicah M. Mburu, Tinashe A. Tizifa, Michael G. Chipeta, Henk van den Berg, Willem Takken, Michele van Vugt, Kamija S. Phiri, Russell Cain, Julie-Anne A. Tangena, Christopher M. Jones
Summary: This study employed a mechanistic-stochastic algorithm to identify super-spreader houses and their related hotspots of malaria. The results showed that the number of super-spreaders and hotspots depended on the spatial configuration of the villages. Super-spreader houses were associated with house characteristics such as livestock and family composition. Wind played a significant role in malaria transmission. The findings contribute to the development of targeted malaria interventions in hotspot areas.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Xin Zhang, Ravi Koirala, Abhijit Date, Veeriah Jegatheesan
Summary: Membrane distillation (MD) is an advanced desalination technology that has been widely studied. In this study, a new model was proposed to predict the membrane surface temperatures, permeate flux, and salinity variation with the operating time. The simulations showed that the feed temperature, feed flow rate, and membrane pore size had the most significant influence on the permeate flux. The feed and permeate flow rates had the highest impacts on the temperature polarization coefficient (TPC). The simulations also predicted water recovery rates of 86.8% and 72.1% for seawater and desalination brine, respectively.
Article
Biology
Paul J. Huxley, Kris A. Murray, Samraat Pawar, Lauren J. Cator
Summary: Research shows that low resource supply significantly impacts the population growth rate of mosquitoes at different temperatures, especially causing the peak population growth rate to occur at a lower temperature. This is mainly due to an increase in juvenile mortality and development time, as well as a decrease in adult size under low-resource conditions. Future studies need to consider resource supply factors to accurately predict the effects of climate and habitat change on vector-borne diseases and other arthropods.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alima Qureshi, Elizabeth Keen, George Brown, Lauren Cator
Summary: Mass-rearing of mosquitoes in laboratories for population control relies on container size, which has significant effects on the mosquito's life history and productivity. Increasing container size intensifies the effects of larval density and diet on immature development time. Productivity is also impacted by container size, with larger containers having significantly lower productivity in high-density rearing conditions. Larvae tend to aggregate at the outer edges of containers, even at the cost of extreme local densities.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fiona-Elaine Strasser, Luis Matos Barreto, Soukaina Kaidi, Brahim Sabour, Ester A. Serrao, Gareth A. Pearson, Neusa Martins
Summary: Thermal tolerance is often interpreted as the thermal range of a species without considering the adaptive potential of populations. This study investigates the population-specific adaptive variation in microscopic life-stages of a kelp species, Laminaria ochroleuca, under different temperature treatments. The findings suggest genetic differentiation in response to variation in local thermal regimes.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Entomology
G. D. Cozzer, R. de S. Rezende, T. S. Lara, G. H. Machado, J. Dal Magro, D. Albeny-Simoes
Summary: Biological control, such as predation by dragonfly larvae, can have positive effects on the development and characteristics of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The presence of predators in the microcosms led to faster larval development, larger adult size, and increased adult longevity. However, high larval density had negative effects on mosquito development and characteristics.
BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Hematology
Peter Watson-Brown, Elvina Viennet, Gina Mincham, Craig R. Williams, Cassie C. Jansen, Brian L. Montgomery, Robert L. P. Flower, Helen M. Faddy
Review
Environmental Sciences
Emily J. Flies, Suzanne Mavoa, Graeme R. Zosky, Evangeline Mantzioris, Craig Williams, Rajaraman Eri, Barry W. Brook, Jessie C. Buettel
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Larissa Braz Sousa, Stephen R. Fricker, Seamus S. Doherty, Cameron E. Webb, Katherine L. Baldock, Craig R. Williams
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Zoology
Gareth R. Hopkins, Jasmine Maftei-Muirson, Seamus Doherty, Gina Mincham, Craig R. Williams
JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Elvina Viennet, Francesca D. Frentiu, Craig R. Williams, Gina Mincham, Cassie C. Jansen, Brian L. Montgomery, Robert L. P. Flower, Helen M. Faddy
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jingwen Liu, Alana Hansen, Scott Cameron, Craig Williams, Stephen Fricker, Peng Bi
Summary: In the Riverland region of South Australia, the mosquito Culex annulirostris and total rainfall were identified as significant predictors of Ross River virus transmission. The predictive model was generally consistent with the actual number of cases in the study area.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Craig R. Williams, Sophie M. Burnell, Michelle Rogers, Emily J. Flies, Katherine L. Baldock
Summary: The increasing urbanization has negative impacts on human health, but exposure to natural environments (NEs) may improve health and wellbeing. The mechanisms by which NEs can improve health are explained by Stress Reduction Theory, Attention Restoration Theory, and the 'Old Friends'/biodiversity hypothesis. Citizen Science programs that facilitate exposure to NEs and social activity can potentially advance public health policy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Timothy White, Gina Mincham, Brian L. Montgomery, Cassie C. Jansen, Xiaodong Huang, Craig R. Williams, Robert L. P. Flower, Helen M. Faddy, Francesca D. Frentiu, Elvina Viennet
Summary: This study estimated the epidemic potential of CHIKV in Australia, finding that major urban centers in Northern Australia could sustain an epidemic. Future trends suggest an increase in epidemic potential towards 2029.
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Entomology
Cameron Webb, John Clancy, Stephen L. Doggett, Erica McAlister, Craig Williams, Stephen Fricker, Andrew van den Hurk, Bryan Lessard, John Lenagan, Marlene Walter
JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Larissa Braz Sousa, Stephen Fricker, Cameron E. Webb, Katherine L. Baldock, Craig R. Williams
Summary: Citizen science mosquito surveillance in Australia has achieved significant results through the iNaturalist platform. The project has attracted a large number of active observers and identifiers, providing valuable data and information on regional differentiation and seasonal activity patterns of mosquito species for public health purposes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jillian Congedi, Craig Williams, Katherine L. Baldock
Summary: This scoping review evaluated the prevalence of H. pylori in Australia, finding a decrease in prevalence over time, particularly among populations with gastrointestinal symptoms and illnesses. However, there is a lack of research on prevalence trends in vulnerable populations.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Darislav Besedin, Brandon J. Turner, Permal Deo, Miguel De Barros Lopes, Craig R. Williams
Summary: This study found that captivity has a significant impact on the skin microbiota of Crinia signifera frogs, leading to a decrease in microbial species diversity and richness, as well as a change in microbial structure. In addition, captivity also significantly reduces the intensity of Bd infection.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Christine M. Taylor, Gunnar Keppel, Shaun O'Sullivan, Stefan Peters, Gregory D. Kerr, Craig R. Williams
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
G. Mincham, K. L. Baldock, H. Rozilawati, C. R. Williams
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
(2019)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Katrina Knope, Stephen L. Doggett, Cassie C. Jansen, Cheryl A. Johansen, Nina Kurucz, Rebecca Feldman, Stacey E. Lynch, Michaela P. Hobby, Angus Sly, Andrew Jardine, Sonya Bennett, Bart J. Currie, Sonya Bennett, Bart Currie, Peter Daniels, Stephen Doggett, Debra El Saadi, Rebecca Feldman, Jenny Firman, Michaela Hobby, Katrina Knope, Ann Koehler, Nina Kurucz, Rogan Lee, Mike Lindsay, John Mackenzie, Mike Muller, Scott Ritchie, Richard Russell, Lance Sanders, Angus Sly, David Smith, Peter Whelan, Craig Williams, David Williams, Jennifer Wall, Phil Wright
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE
(2019)
