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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"barrier spray"”.
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Factors influencing pyrethroid barrier spray effectiveness against Aedes mosquitoes
… standard mosquito control efforts utilizing spray trucks or planes to administer insecticides offer little control, as these methods are directed towards crepuscular species. Barrier spray applications, however, have been shown to achieve a significant reduction in local mosquito pressure …
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Impact of Mosquito Age and Insecticide Exposure on Vector Competence of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) for Zika Virus
… throughout landscapes. However, residual barrier treatments can control Ae. albopictus and may use pyrethroid insecticides, such as bifenthrin. Since the efficacy of barrier spray treatments decreases over time due to environmental degradation, we characterized the extent to which …
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Dynamics of La Crosse virus: Surveillance, Control and Effect on Vector Behavior
… levels, and 3) to determine the effectiveness of barrier sprays to control infected mosquito vectors. Our surveillance study demonstrated the involvement of an invasive species, Aedes japonicus, in the transmission cycle of Cache Valley virus (CVV). CVV is a mosquito-borne virus that is closely …