Everything Residents Should Know About The Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito In Massachusetts, And Their Potential For Transmitting Disease
During the summer of 2017, an entomologist with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project, Todd Duval, received a phone call from a New Bedford homeowner about unusually aggressive mosquito pests that had attacked her two children during the daytime. The two...
Is Picaridin More Effective Than DEET For Repelling Mosquitoes, And Are Repellent Products That Contain Either Of These Compounds Ever Harmful?
Numerous studies conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency, research universities, and a variety of other academic and public health institutions have demonstrated that mosquito repellent products containing N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide prevent mosquito bites...
Mosquito-Borne Disease Cases Could Decrease Substantially With Community-Wide Mosquito Control Efforts
These days, the risk of contracting a mosquito-borne disease is no longer limited to people living in tropical and/or impoverished areas where mosquito populations are at their most diverse and abundant. The Zika virus epidemics that occurred during 2015 and 2016...