Dengue and Mosquito Control Research

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Dengue remains one of the most serious and widespread mosquito‐borne viral infections in human beings, with serious health problems or even death. About 50 to 100 million people are newly infected annually, with almost 2.5 billion people living at risk and resulting in 20,000 deaths. Dengue virus infection is especial…

• SEVGİ DURNA DAŞTAN

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• ELİF TOZLU
• TEMEL GÖKTÜRK

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004664.].

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Aedes aegypti (L., 1762) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895) (Diptera: Culicidae) are important vectors of arboviruses. In Turkey, Ae. albopictus eggs were detected in the Thrace area of northwestern Turkey for the first time in 2011. In 2015, studies revealed the spread of Ae. albopictus and the first detection of Ae.…

• MUHAMMET MUSTAFA AKINER

Aedes aegypti (L., 1762) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895) (Diptera: Culicidae) are important vectors of arboviruses. In Turkey, Ae. albopictus eggs were detected in the Thrace area of northwestern Turkey for the first time in 2011. In 2015, studies revealed the spread of Ae. albopictus and the first detection of Ae.…

• BERNA DEMİRCİ
• HİLAL BEDİR UYGUN

Unlike the traditional diversity indices, taxonomic diversity indices take into account the distances based on morphological or functional properties of species or the distances among the species based on the topology of Linnaean classifications. Various taxonomic diversity measures have been developed, among which th…

• KÜRŞAD ÖZKAN

Unlike the traditional diversity indices, taxonomic diversity indices take into account the distances based on morphological or functional properties of species or the distances among the species based on the topology of Linnaean classifications. Various taxonomic diversity measures have been developed, among which th…

• AHMET MERT

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the larvicidal activity of the tuber extracts isolated from two species of Cyclamen Cyclamen mirabile Hildebr. and Cyclamen alpinum Dammann ex. Sprenger) against Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae). METHODS: Twenty young (first-second) or older (third-fourth) instars of the Culex pipiens were…

• HÜSEYİN ÇETİN

OBJECTIVE: To identify the mosquito species and the potential mosquito-related infectious diseases in Manisa province, mosquito larvae were collected from aquatic habitats in Manisa between October 2008 and October 2009. METHODS: Mosquito larvae were collected from the surface water of study sites with a standard larv…

• AHMET ÖZBİLGİN

The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) is a dangerous and destructive pest for forest, fruit trees and ornamental plants. Insecticides are successful to reduce population of this pest, but they cause environmental pollution. This study determined that M. anisopliae was the most efficacious in cont…

• ONUR AKER